Props in Verbotene Liebe, part 1.
My lurv for the dreadful German daytime soap and its lurvely Christian / Olli boy/boy sub-plot melodrama continues.
But what about the mystery of the oranges??
Location: The attic apartment of Christian and Olli. Note the back kitchen wall. Note the spiral wire rack with four oranges therein.
Episode 22.11.07. 22 November 2007.
Note oranges.

Episode 15.2.08. 15 February 2008.
Nobody has eaten the oranges. The oranges have not rotted away.

Oh, and what's this? Oranges again!
5.3.08. 5 March 2008.

And just in case you missed them (the oranges): A close-up!

Several points are to be made about the Apfelsinengeheimnis!
• Mysterious forces of eternal youth are present in the apartment. These forces may also account for Olli's astounding kissing powers. If once you've been kissed by Olli, you will Never Forget It!
• An orange a day keeps the homophobes away. Residents of the apartment consume oranges so quickly and replenish them so speedily, that neither of these actions is visible to the naked eye. Orange consumption and replenishment take place in between shots, in the nano-interstices of digitalised life.
• These oranges are plastic. They are a decorative feature. They tell us something about the aesthetic sense and interior-design taste of Christian. And possibly Coco. (I think the oranges precede Olli's move into the flat but this would have to be confirmed by further research.)
• Fruit feature frequently. Lemons and limes spill out of a basket in the restaurant Schneider's. Apples and bananas tumble out of shopping bags, brought into the kitchen by Olli or Christian. Fruit symbolise the fecundity and orgiastic passions of the soap's inhabitants!
• An extra-terrestrial creature from a parallel generic universe has snuck in through sekrit channels in daytime television land and planted this innocent-looking device in the kitchen of C and O. They may look like oranges but they are actually filled with deadly killer aphrodisiac!
• The wire spirals as do the meanderings of true love. The oranges never multiply and never diminish, and this is like the constancy of hearts. But the wire spiral never fills up with oranges all the way to the top! This is the ceaseless yearning and burning of the passionate soul for its mate!!!
• There were lots of oranges. Christian ate them all and replaced them with rubber decoys. Sometimes he uses the oranges as sex toys in bed with Oliver but he always puts them back (unwashed).
• Christian put the oranges into the wire rack. Now he can't figure out how to get them out again. So he sprayed them with formaldehyde to prevent the flat from smelling of mould.
Can't see the pics? Go here and click 'next'.
Do these oranges need to be slashed?
Of course they do.
"Oh, wire rack, you are so tight tonight. You hug me so fiercely as I lie squeezed between my fellows."
"Oh, orange-in-the-middle, you may look identical to your brethren but I... I... have fallen in love with you. Volle Kanne."
"Oh, wire rack... But please don't bring the Kanne into it. That jug is much too vulgar."
"I don't know. A threesome?"
"Oh wire rack, I long to penetrate the fullness of your spiral tube."
"Orange, I yearn to take you, all of you, all of your big round flesh. And then I want to press you until the juices squirt and your pulp oozes out and coats all of my wires."
"Wire rack! I hear someone coming!"
"Don't worry, my fat orange darling. It's only one of the humans. They never come near us."
"But... oh no! What's happening? Help! The human... he's taking me out! He's... moving me towards his mouth! He's... piercing my skin with his pointy teeth!"
"Orange! Orange! Orange!"
The End of the Tragedy.
My lurv for the dreadful German daytime soap and its lurvely Christian / Olli boy/boy sub-plot melodrama continues.
But what about the mystery of the oranges??
Location: The attic apartment of Christian and Olli. Note the back kitchen wall. Note the spiral wire rack with four oranges therein.
Episode 22.11.07. 22 November 2007.
Note oranges.
Episode 15.2.08. 15 February 2008.
Nobody has eaten the oranges. The oranges have not rotted away.
Oh, and what's this? Oranges again!
5.3.08. 5 March 2008.
And just in case you missed them (the oranges): A close-up!
Several points are to be made about the Apfelsinengeheimnis!
• Mysterious forces of eternal youth are present in the apartment. These forces may also account for Olli's astounding kissing powers. If once you've been kissed by Olli, you will Never Forget It!
• An orange a day keeps the homophobes away. Residents of the apartment consume oranges so quickly and replenish them so speedily, that neither of these actions is visible to the naked eye. Orange consumption and replenishment take place in between shots, in the nano-interstices of digitalised life.
• These oranges are plastic. They are a decorative feature. They tell us something about the aesthetic sense and interior-design taste of Christian. And possibly Coco. (I think the oranges precede Olli's move into the flat but this would have to be confirmed by further research.)
• Fruit feature frequently. Lemons and limes spill out of a basket in the restaurant Schneider's. Apples and bananas tumble out of shopping bags, brought into the kitchen by Olli or Christian. Fruit symbolise the fecundity and orgiastic passions of the soap's inhabitants!
• An extra-terrestrial creature from a parallel generic universe has snuck in through sekrit channels in daytime television land and planted this innocent-looking device in the kitchen of C and O. They may look like oranges but they are actually filled with deadly killer aphrodisiac!
• The wire spirals as do the meanderings of true love. The oranges never multiply and never diminish, and this is like the constancy of hearts. But the wire spiral never fills up with oranges all the way to the top! This is the ceaseless yearning and burning of the passionate soul for its mate!!!
• There were lots of oranges. Christian ate them all and replaced them with rubber decoys. Sometimes he uses the oranges as sex toys in bed with Oliver but he always puts them back (unwashed).
• Christian put the oranges into the wire rack. Now he can't figure out how to get them out again. So he sprayed them with formaldehyde to prevent the flat from smelling of mould.
Can't see the pics? Go here and click 'next'.
Do these oranges need to be slashed?
Of course they do.
"Oh, wire rack, you are so tight tonight. You hug me so fiercely as I lie squeezed between my fellows."
"Oh, orange-in-the-middle, you may look identical to your brethren but I... I... have fallen in love with you. Volle Kanne."
"Oh, wire rack... But please don't bring the Kanne into it. That jug is much too vulgar."
"I don't know. A threesome?"
"Oh wire rack, I long to penetrate the fullness of your spiral tube."
"Orange, I yearn to take you, all of you, all of your big round flesh. And then I want to press you until the juices squirt and your pulp oozes out and coats all of my wires."
"Wire rack! I hear someone coming!"
"Don't worry, my fat orange darling. It's only one of the humans. They never come near us."
"But... oh no! What's happening? Help! The human... he's taking me out! He's... moving me towards his mouth! He's... piercing my skin with his pointy teeth!"
"Orange! Orange! Orange!"
The End of the Tragedy.