EDIT: Autocorrect made it say "pea". I meant to write "does".
I think Germany has been the biggest underperformer when it comes to exporting pop culture. For the past few decades Germany has been the strongest economy in Europe, but it's pop culture is dwarfed in comparison to the United States, Japan United Kingdom and arguably even South Korea. Germany really has no thriving animation or comic worldwide like Japan, the film industry was certainly the strongest in Europe (possibly even the world) during the Weimar era, but since World War II France and Italy have been the two giants of European cinema. There's been some German acts to make it big worldwide like the Scorpions, Kraftwerk, Rammstein and (uhhum) Milli Vanilli, but the UK has much bigger musical acts worldwide.
So why is this?
I think Germany has been the biggest underperformer when it comes to exporting pop culture. For the past few decades Germany has been the strongest economy in Europe, but it's pop culture is dwarfed in comparison to the United States, Japan United Kingdom and arguably even South Korea. Germany really has no thriving animation or comic worldwide like Japan, the film industry was certainly the strongest in Europe (possibly even the world) during the Weimar era, but since World War II France and Italy have been the two giants of European cinema. There's been some German acts to make it big worldwide like the Scorpions, Kraftwerk, Rammstein and (uhhum) Milli Vanilli, but the UK has much bigger musical acts worldwide.
So why is this?