After a TV series, film and two theater shows, the men of Rundfunk are coming up with a new series, Rundfunk: Duco and Roy. Housemates and best friends Duco Baardmans (Yannick van de Velde) and Roy Bloothooft (Tom van Kalmthout) are determined to break through as actors. One problem: the men are not talented. After yet another rejection from acting schools and casting directors, Duco and Roy remain convinced of the success that awaits them: “We are going to break through terribly hard together!”
Rundfunk: Duco and Roy is not a sequel to the earlier TV series Rundfunk (2015-2016), but is a completely new story with new characters. The series is absurdist and atypical. That’s not just the striking feature looks of the boys and the comic dialogues, but also in the form. For example, episodes four and seven do not focus on the main characters, but on some supporting roles. And the fifth episode is also out of place. For half an hour you see Duco and Roy watching TV in their dingy, noisy student house with their naked landlord and a lonely bicycle courier. Something like that can go wrong, but it works here. Rundfunk would Rundfunk not be if it were predictable.
Superficial world
With the series, Van de Velde and Van Kalmthout, who also made their directorial debut with this production, criticize their field. Duco and Roy is full of celebrities like Ruben van der Meer, Paul de Leeuw and Michiel Romeyn who play a vain, arrogant version of themselves.
Overconfidence and chest-thumping are not only an issue among celebrities, Roy and Duco can also do something about it themselves. For example, Roy sighs in episode two: “What if I’m way too handsome for this job? How can I ever credibly play someone from healthcare, for example?”
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