Month: October 2022

TVThere is currently a lot to do about a statement by Christophe Ramont. Theformer ‘Blind Married’ face expressed on Twitter that he does not agree withthe way Dziubi and Brecht are portrayed. He criticized, among other things,”the toxic image that even if two men marry, there is a male and a female”.Meanwhile, the makers of the program also responded to the situation. “We havealways taken into account Brecht and Dziubi and what made them feel good.”

The discussion arose after some statements by Christophe on Twitter. “So thegentlemen are allowed to speak at the wedding. Wow, we are 2022,” it sounded.”Extra painful and what I have always resisted: the toxic image that even whentwo men get married there is a male and a female, apparently Dziubi is thefemale.” He was referring mainly to the first episode, where the group wassplit in two. The brides were separated from their grooms, and Dziubi wasassigned to the group with the ladies, while the traditional roles wereretained, with one of the men waited at ‘the altar’, and the other walkedtowards it.Dziubi was also carried over the threshold by Brecht.

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However, according to the makers of ‘Blind Married’, everything has been welldiscussed in advance. “It was important to us that everyone felt comfortable.We never created the ‘male-female’ image. Brecht and Dziubi have neverexperienced this either,” said a producer.

He also explains that the new concept made it necessary to divide thecandidates into two groups. “We thought it was important that the candidateshad already seen each other beforehand, especially because such a big weddingwas to follow. The division of the two groups has been proposed in advance.Everyone agreed. There have been no further questions about that.”

Watch: Ex-participant Christophe lashes out at TV makers ‘Blindly married’

Other decisions have also always been made in consultation with the duo. “Whenit comes to the ceremony, Dziubi has indicated that he would rather wait atthe altar. The same applies to the speeches. We asked them who would like tosay something. In the end, it was Brecht who wanted to take this on,” itsounds further to the makers. “There is really no line. It is not ourintention to portray anyone in any particular way.”

No underlying message

The makers indicate that they understand why Christophe feels this way. “Butif you look further at the program, it becomes even clearer that there is noline. There is no underlying message. Nothing has been done on purpose to makepeople appear a certain way. Something that is nicely refuted by Dziubihimself.”

Dziubi, who gave his yes to Brecht in the current season of ‘Blind Married’,confirms in an interview with Showbits that he has indeed never experiencedthe situation that way. “I never followed through on that,” it sounds, amongother things. “I get it, but actually everything is very natural and set upwithout premeditation.” The moment Brecht carried him over the threshold wasalso spontaneous: “Brecht thought that was symbolic.”

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Christophe, who does not want to elaborate further on the story, is notexclusively negative. He also clearly follows the course of Brecht and Dziubi.”Praise to the production for putting Lady Gaga in the background during thestory of Brecht and Dziubi… Wipe away a tear,” it sounded on Twitter afterMonday’s episode.

A #MeToo affair, how do you deal with that as a pop group with an image thathas hitherto been characterized by an atmosphere of holiness and community?Arcade Fire is silent during the current European tour. The 71 crew members ofthe Canadian band are working hard to bring the bombastic show to the bighalls, even though the Ziggo Dome was only half full on Wednesday. The topring remained closed and there were large holes below it. Organizer Mojo doesnot announce ticket sales.

That got a big blow on August 27 when the authoritative music websitePitchfork published an article about the alleged transgressive behavior ofArcade Fire singer Win Butler. Four people accuse the 42-year-old pop star ofsexual misconduct in the years 2016-2020, ranging from unwanted touching andsending explicit text and image messages to pursuing relationships with muchyounger fans.

Butler did not deny, but engaged a publicity agency to disclose that sexualcontacts with 18- to 23-year-olds had been consensual, he said. He apologizedfor his behavior and promised his nine-year-old son that he will make amends.Wife Régine Chassagne, musician and singer in the band, rallied behind herhusband and said soothingly: “He lost his way and found it again.”

Also read: Feist withdraws from tour with Arcade Fire over sexual misconductallegations

Cacophony of sound

Under those circumstances Arcade Fire gave a loaded concert in the sparselypopulated Ziggo Dome, starting with the desperate ‘Age of Anxiety’ from thelatest album WE. “It’s the age of doubt,” Butler began his litany of theconfusing world we live in, accompanied by roaring bass and a cacophony ofsound that barely caught breath for the next hour and a half. Arcade Firesounded louder, fuller and often faster than the band has sounded in itstwentieth anniversary.

With a cross section from the six albums, Arcade Fire looked for the buildingblocks that made the music ‘bigger than life’. Gone were the subtle folkelements of the early work; gone was the ability to start small and slowlybuild the songs into something bigger. Arcade Fire went all out with theshrill vocals of Régine Chassange in ‘Black Wave/Bad Vibrations’, the fatdisco beat of ‘Reflektor’ and a pompous ‘The Lightning I’ from the new albumin which the accordion plays a meaningless, completely snow-covered addition.

Early on, Win Butler jumped into the crowd to sing ‘The Afterlife’ close tothe fans, en route to a small stage in the center where Régine Chassagne thendanced lavishly under the disco ball. Later on, the entire band played arelatively subtle finale on that center stage after all the decibel violence.Butler dedicated The Suburbs to David Bowie, who taught him, “It’s cool to bea fucking weirdo.”

Prior to ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’, Win Butler gave the only indicationthat the #MeToo affair has not left him untouched: “This is for everyone withimperfect parents.” Arcade Fire overplayed itself at a time when somerestraint was in order.

Every year it hits: a fuss about the nominations for the Gouden Televizier-Ring. This year, the criticism of the nominated programs seems to be TheBeavers , The Hunting Season and Until here even more stubborn. ButTelevizier sees no reason to do anything about the voting procedure.

By Michiel Vos

“With two downright laughable nominations, it is impossible to maintain thatthis is still the prize of ‘the TV viewer’,” wrote TV columnist Angela de Jongin the newspaper. AD, after it became known that The Beavers and, TheHunting Season have a chance to win the prize for most popular program onDutch television this year.

According to De Jong, the “ever so prestigious audience award”, which has beenawarded by the public since 1964, is “bankrupt”. She joins a long list ofcritics of the voting procedure, including Carlo Boszhard, Jan Slagter,various other broadcasters and television scientists.

The columnist believes that the two programs simply do not attract enoughviewers to be seen as serious candidates for the audience award. The docusoapby folk singer John de Bever attracted an average of between 300,000 and400,000 viewers to RTL 5. To the YouTube success brought to television byTalpa Hunting season of StukTV, an average of 600,000 to 700,000 peoplewatched. Until here van Niels van der Laan and Jeroen Woe reached more thantwo million viewers more than once. The criticism is therefore not aimed atthat program.

The Beavers and The Hunting Season are therefore certainly not among themost watched programs. But thanks to the strong social media support of StukTVand the lobby of De Bever, which also received support from Johan Derksen,they managed to make it to the contenders of the Ring.

De Jong argues that the voting procedure should be overhauled and is not thefirst. Broadcasting MAX boss Jan Slagter previously called the Televizier-Ringan ‘Instagram prize’. He finds it unfair for program makers and presenters whodo not have a large number of online followers to encourage voting.

Chateau Meiland won the Golden Televizier Ring in 2019.

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Nomination rounds create online voting lobbies

So how exactly does the voting work? Voting for the Gouden Televizier-Ringtakes place throughout the year in four rounds. Each quarter, the fiveprograms with the most votes are forwarded to the next round. After that,Televizier adds five more wildcards to its own taste, after which 25 programscompete for the three nomination spots.

In recent years, program makers, presenters and broadcasters have becomeincreasingly active on social media in recruiting votes. According to criticssuch as De Jong and Slagter, the system therefore needs to be replaced. DeJong argues for a lower limit of one million viewers for nominees or a TVpanel that makes a pre-selection. Slagter is in favor of national researchwith telephone questionnaires.

‘In the end it’s up to the voter’

All not necessary, thinks Jeroen de Goeij of organizer Televizier. He remainssober under the fierce criticism of the price. “We have often had commotionabout programs that would not have been good enough to win or be nominated,”says De Goeij in conversation with NU.nl. By this he means, among otherthings, the profit of VI and Jan Smit’s reality soap. “In the end, it’s upto the voter.”

De Goeij emphasizes that the Gouden Televizier-Ring is not a professionalprize for the best program on Dutch television. “We are looking for thefavorite program through the votes.”

But does the prize in its current form say anything about popularity ifcandidates have a large online following? De Goeij also puts that criticismaside. “The price is not about viewing figures, but above all the connectionthat the voter feels with a certain program. Part of making TV is that youknow how to bind people to you. With only seeking publicity and advertising,you do not win the ring .”

And Slagter’s point that it is more difficult for Omroep MAX to mobilizevoters with older supporters who are less active online? According to DeGoeij, that is also not the case. “Programs like All of Holland Bakt areviewed by all generations. It’s too short-sighted to throw it at age. Andrévan Duin, who presents MAX for Omroep, is nominated and won last year.”

De Goeij says that Televizier is always in discussion about the development ofthe award ceremony, but that this year’s nominees are no reason to changethings up for next year. According to him, the election is getting bigger: thenumber of votes that come in is still increasing every year. And to those leftdisappointed without a nomination this year, he says, “Another round next

The closing film bo of the Netherlands Film Festival, which ends today, willalso be in cinemas nationwide this week. And if you’ve already seen it,there’s still plenty to choose from for a visit to your local movie theater.

bo

When the intrepid Bo travels to Georgia to visit the grave of her father – awell-known trumpeter – she runs into his former childhood friend Levan. Insearch of her roots and a better understanding of her father, she decides tohitch a ride in Levan’s truck. Despite the age difference, they gently give into the love they feel for each other. Bo’s father’s melancholic trumpetplaying accompanies their journey through the breathtaking Georgian landscape.The blossoming love between Bo and Levan makes them finally dare to sharetheir darkest secrets.

smile

After witnessing a bizarre and traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr.Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is confronted with ominous events that she cannotexplain. As an overwhelming fear gradually takes over her life, Rose mustconfront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying newreality.

Beautiful Beings

Addi lives with his eccentric mother in Reykjavik, Iceland. After an incidentwith his classmate Balli who is being bullied, he decides to take care of him.Together with two of his comrades, the quartet explores their budding livesinto adulthood. They don’t shy away from aggression and violence, but theyalso learn about mutual loyalty and affection. As their behavior continues toescalate, Addi looks for ways to bring him and his friends back to a saferpath.

Ticket to Paradise

Oscar winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the silver screen asexes on a common mission: to stop their lovesick daughter from making the samemistake they once made. Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about secondchances that can turn out to be surprising.

Escape from Brazil

Joao, a Brazilian police officer, and Laila, his girlfriend, are robbed andshot by an assailant. They recover from their wounds and are left physicallyand emotionally scarred. Joao works on a case involving a kidnapped woman, whohelps her husband Freire during negotiations. Eva, a young and wealthymerchant, struggles to find meaning in life. She returns to an academic careerin the Netherlands, aided by the intellectual John Togg. She conducts researchinto global recovery policies, with the hope of solving socio-economicinequalities in the world. She meets Bram, a bon vivant, and pleads for heroptimism about humanity and the liberalism of the world market. During theirengagement party, Joao accidentally sends a message to Laila, ending therelationship because they don’t want to leave Brazil. He fights with hisbrother-in-law, Fabio, shoots him in front of the whole family and flees.While working with Togg, Eva is inappropriately groped by him, protests andruns off. Joao kidnaps Freire in an affluent neighborhood. He interrogates himand discovers that he has cocaine paste and orders the kidnapping and murderof his own wife. Joao hatches a plan to smuggle the cocaine into Europe andevade the police for Fabio’s murder. Togg reveals that he will no longer helpEva’s investigation. She stands dumbfounded and becomes depressed. Joao risksthe drugs flying into the Netherlands and manages to make his way throughcustoms. He hides it and randomly kidnaps Eva in her house. He meets the Dutchdrug dealer and can’t figure it out. They follow Joao to Eve’s house and holdboth hostages. Joao is gem

nowhere

The lonely existence of André in his fifties is shocked when a homeless boybreaks into his house. While André at first berates him, they soon turn out tobe more alike than expected. The two develop an unexpectedly close bond andhelp each other come to terms with their past. Nowhere is a layered portraitwith moving characters, about connection, hope and family roots.

femi

As the birth of his first child approaches, 21-year-old mentally unstableDennis (Yannick Jozefzoon) must face the loss of his Nigerian father who diedyoung in order to come to terms with himself.

Love, Spells and All That (Ask, Buyu vs.)

Twenty years after their affair ended, two women reunite on a day trip to thecharming Turkish island of Büyükada, where they first fell in love. They tryto break an old spell that one had cast over the other. It will be anunexpected journey through the past.

Napoleon: In the Name of Art

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) understood the value of art from an early ageand was captivated by its beauty. His worldwide conquests were thereforealways accompanied by collecting, studying, preserving and mapping art. Hebrought artworks from all over the world to France based on his belief thatculture and art should be accessible to everyone. The complex relationshipbetween Napoleon and art has many contradictory manifestations. He used artand culture to legitimize himself as an heir to the classical world, as aninstrument for the aesthetic, moral and bourgeois education of citizens, butart was also propaganda and spoils of war for revolutionary France. Oscarwinner Jeremy Irons takes us from the Brera Academy and Dom in Milan, to theLouvre in Paris, in the company of the best international art historians.

Ningdu

Caught between demigods and mass madness, in a world of propaganda images,surreal collages and pop art animation, Lei’s family struggles to survive thetumultuous times of China of the 1950s and 1960s. Silver Bird and Rainbow Fishis an ode to family, memory and a reconstruction of family history in theHistory of China.

My Beessie and Me

A documentary about the inseparable bond between pets and their owners. Atragicomic quest for whether we need pets to fill a gap in our humanexistence. Because how nice is it to live with an intelligent pig, quirkynaked cats, a dancing dog, a spiritual slug or an Insta cat and what does thisactually say about ourselves? In a visual journey through average Dutchhouseholds, we see how various owners dedicate their lives completely to theirpets and they are an indispensable factor in their lives.