Love is often a gentle subject in the media. A nice subject, but something for the weekend supplement, for the feel -good cube between the heavy subjects. People who preach love are soon put away as gullible and naive or accused of trivializing the big problems. And so it’s little about it, and we don’t see it. “Love Has Never Been A Popular Movement”writer James Baldwin said in 1970. Yes, you have B&B full of love Of course, and all those other dating shows. But although those programs go all the way, they are not necessarily loving programs. They are mainly driven by the desire to chuckle.
Thursday evening it was different. On the important but terrible documentary The Bibi Files After (NPO 2), love appeared everywhere. For example in the first episode of the fifteenth season of the satirical quiz This was the news (NPO 1), where the duo Henry van Loon and Jelka van Houten regular guest replaced Peter Pannekoek, who does not participate this season. Van Loon and Van Houten were married at the beginning of this year by the other guest of tonight: comedian Peter Heerschop. Bee Other times (NPO 2) Love was the subject of the 25-year anniversary compilation. Forbidden to love, such as that of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus. “As long as it’s not a German,” Prime Minister Cals sighed when he had the first photos of De Telegraaf.
Even in the strange program Young nobility: From hunting to the ball (RTL 5), A superficial new reality show about young noble people who do old noble things, the common thread was a Shakespearean love story. A kind of castle & ballroom full of love: Clemens van Steijn, organizer of the prestigious Tulpenbal that was central to this episode, had a relationship with Jonkvrouw Clementine van Nispen to Sevenaer years ago. Clemens, who is not nobility himself, is still madly in love with Clementine. Unfortunately, he will soon marry one Maikel, and Clemens is not invited to the wedding. Coincidentally, the ball goes completely wrong with the table arrangement of Clementine.
Self -love
Also with the talk shows there was love: in addition to the much -discussed geopolitical triangular relationship between the bear, the dragon and the elephant, Frans Timmermans contributed Pauw & De Wit (NPO 1) A loving story about the middle parties that have to hold each other more. He also mentioned that Wilders’ tweets reminded him of NaziPropaganda and admitted that people are not allowed to do him. Anyway, he doesn’t take it personally anymore. He is just himself: the right man for his position. According to the Flemish philosopher Martha Claeys, pride is only something positive if there is a specific form of self -love. “Self -love as I understand it means that you also thoroughly investigate your privileges, your blind spots and your fat ego,” she writes in her book Proud.
A program that was really loving this evening without irony The box (NPO 2). Kefah Allush’s conversation with the tough but vulnerable singer Frans Duijts took place at the justified time of half past eight. Primetime. The two shared a glass of cognac. Where many artists try to show their deepest souls to the outside world, Duijts is different. He doesn’t succeed, for example about his deceased father. He tried it once: ‘robbed’, about an armed robbery that his parents have experienced. “I can’t listen to that for a second. Then I cry and then it is ready. I don’t think I have to do it, things like that.” Allush threw his arms in the air: “But then you are at your best! Still? If I can look into your soul!” “Looking into a bit in my soul is sometimes allowed, but not to …” The tears are on. “Is it so intense that you can indeed feel it all again?” Asked Allush. “Yes, so I shouldn’t do that, then I can’t sing anymore.” That is how love works: paralyzing.