Yuppie Movies

Whoever walks through the streets of Neukölln will quickly notice them: The all around feared "Hipster". They wear sunglasses in the evening, have scrubby hair and the clothes of a British pop star of the 80s. A feared Berlin phenomenon, because we assume that these "hipsters" are above all: 1. they are responsible for the so-called "gentrification", i.e. rising rents. 2. they buy all free shops and create uncomfortable bars and cafes. 3. they are so cool that we don't dare to talk to them (they will always remain strangers). Where do these "hipsters" come from To understand this, it is worth looking back to the 80s. At that time they were called "Yuppies". The 80s were perceived by their contemporaries as a bad time. There were no movements like the 68s or 78s, punk had already sold itself and New Wave was too stylized to cause an outcry. With horror it was even noticed that instead of a new subculture there were yuppies instead: The culture of those who wanted to earn a lot of money and openly displayed it. They looked like Bryan Ferry without his dandy style, were fat early and wanted to get high. The evil one wore a suit and he was shiny as well. The hair was gelled and the shoes polished. Wall Street became her movie, The Secret of My Succe$s her philosophy. What yuppies were capable of, was recognized early in 9 ½ weeks, what they were not capable of, as soon as they were taken away the tailor-made suit again, Trading places proved. New Hollywood legend Mike Nichols understood yuppieism best: "The director who made the hearts of the hippies beat faster also felt compassion for the yuppie generation and implanted a heart where none should beat! Working girl is an ascension story, the secretary wants to push through her business ideas and needs the chair of her boss. Only after we had met the yuppie in female form did we want to get involved with him at all. Suddenly we could understand the will to succeed and why we had to assert ourselves so urgently. American psycho finally sealed the time of the yuppies: they were not only surface fetishists, but also murderously crazy.