Was haben wir gelacht

*WAS HABEN WIR GELACHT* tells the story of entertainment television in the ’90s and early 2000s from a woman’s perspective for the first time. Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Gaby Köster, and Esther Schweins look back on their work and a time when women on television were primarily seen as window dressing, used as punchlines, and when female humor was considered a ratings killer.

An entire generation was thus socialized primarily by male entertainers—through “Wetten, dass…?”, the “Harald Schmidt Show,” and later “TV total.” How did this era shape us? And what do humor, wit, and entertainment have to do with power and equality? This film is a journey back in time to the laughs of the ’90s and ’00s. “We sure did laugh”—or maybe not?