Even before the Netherlands had seen a single minute of Nachtkinderen, the tone had already been set. Several media people who had been allowed to watch before the premiere tumbled over each other with words such as ‘impressive’, ‘intense’ and ‘urgent’. The Nipkow disk seemed to be heating up again. This now happens as standard whenever television portrays vulnerable people. The more serious the problem, the greater the prestige.
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