The two detectives can’t do anything with the scene. “It’s all completely out of date. Sexist lyrics, pompous musclemen, expensive cars and calling each other ‘son of a bitch’.” Major Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) can only shake his head at the gangster rappers, their songs and their lyrics.
Adele Neuhauser is not exactly a fan of the often angry rapping, either in her private life or in her role as Bibi Fellner. Her TV character “can hardly stand this music, just like I can personally,” Neuhauser said in an interview with ARD. But this strangeness becomes a big plus point in the Austrian “Tatort” (“Deine Mutter”, September 15, 8:15 p.m., Das Erste), and the hip-hop music becomes the ultimately catchy soundtrack that even gets the investigators dancing.
Was the beef just fake?
One of the stars of this music scene is Ted Candy – the role is the film debut of Austrian rapper Aleksandar Simonovski, alias Jugo Ürdens. Candy is found beaten to death in a Viennese underground car park after a concert. Suspicion falls on the manager of his label, Akman 47 Onur (Murat Seven). The rapper allegedly wanted to change producers. A murder committed out of anger over this step? Or was the public argument, known in youth slang as “beef”, between the musician and manager just a fake designed to boost sales? Did the victim’s homosexuality and his relationship life, which he kept secret from his fans, play a role? The previous life of the dead man’s sad, lascivious mother (Edita Malovcic) as a prostitute also yields clues that could lead the investigative duo to the perpetrator.
Filmed in the club
Director Mirjam Unger knows the hip-hop scene inside out. This is good for the production. The former music journalist knows about the diversity and importance of the scene. The “protagonists are stars with the most diverse styles, attitudes and stances.” The images from a Viennese music club that has been known since the 1990s also seem authentic because, in addition to Jugo Ürdens, the Austrian indie star Kiara Hollatko alias Keke and the German rapper Francis Ayozieuwa alias Frayo 47 also appear. The latter plays the up-and-coming rapper Bashir Ahmadi. He hated Candy because he was gay and not authentic. “I experienced the shit I rap about,” says Bashir confidently.
Imposition becomes “cool shit”
All the musicians were supposed to and wanted to play. “So we gave them crash courses on what it means to be in front of the camera,” says Unger. But the crash course wasn’t just for the film amateurs. The film professionals also had to learn. In a – very short – dream sequence, the investigators and the rapper Candy have a singing duel. “Yugo was able to teach us enough that it doesn’t seem too embarrassing,” says Krassnitzer. In the end, the inspector even made his peace with the genre. “That’s really cool shit,” grins Eisner as he listens in his police car.
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