Putzfrau means cleaning lady in German. She is a complex character, at once invisible, called in to clean up the mess of the system under anonymity, and also proud to do her work well. Tina represents the invisible labor in our system; the invisible labor of women, the invisible labor behind so many of our products, the invisible labor that deals with the trash and detritus of our used goods. It is a tragi-comic role because invisibility lends a secret access, a view of the ridiculousness of power. It is tragic because invisibility enables a disregard from not just the capitalists but from those who led the first revolution against colonial powers. But what is true about the old revolts is true about the new: nothing is possible without labor, clearing a path for all of us to be free.
In our story, Tina gets the job done, removes the toppled tree and clears the path for the corps de ballet to return to carry out the revolution.