Rex Osterwald - a theatrical monologue by Michael Decar

A theatrical monologue by Michel Decar
performed by Gotthard Hauschild

Anyone who thinks politics can no longer shock them is wrong - because a seemingly extinct species has just stepped onto the stage: Rex Osterwald, silver-tongued, fondly nicknamed "T-Rex" on talk shows. Honey seems to drip from his supposed dinosaur teeth. Cold-blooded, yet he allegedly wears his heart in the right place and cares warmly for us all.

But what lies behind his charming anecdotes about cats, behind the little jabs at the media and the political establishment? Is Rex Osterwald a T-Rex - or "merely" a politician baring his teeth?