SEEN? ‘Restaurant Misunderstanding’: “Empathetic TV that makes you forget the infantile title”

How do people with early-onset dementia feel? What impact does the disease have on their lives? And can they still claim a place in our society? The One program ‘Restaurant Misunderstanding’ tries to formulate an answer to all these questions. Eight people with young-onset dementia are in the reality show at the helm of a culinary establishment in Mechelen and show by trial and error what they still have to offer. But does that also produce authentic and moving TV? “The pinnacle of vulnerability was seen on public broadcasting on Wednesday evening.”

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