Hans Brinksmanship
I always had this vague sense that … wooden shoes, dikes, bicycles and dollhouses notwithstanding … the Dutch were somehow superior to us. The ones I’ve known sure act like it, and they own all the supermarkets around my neighborhood and God knows what else. Well, turns out they are superior to us:
It’s a sort of “Dating Game,” only for human organs. I stand in awe. I thought we ruled the world of stunningly bizarre, somewhat disturbing and tasteless schlock. They’ve pushed it out to the edge.
Topics: Europe, human organs
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:25 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
7 Responses to “Hans Brinksmanship”
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May 31st, 2007 at 2:23 am
Maybe Rosie O’Donnell should take her gig to the Netherlands. They’d love her there.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:30 am
I hear the Japanese push the “stunningly bizarre, somewhat disturbing and tasteless schlock” television pretty far too - years ago Clive James had a show which commented on a Japanese game show where the contestants who could stand the most pain (in various ‘amusing’ ways) would win.
May 31st, 2007 at 5:04 am
Others love to point and laugh at Americans as tasteless bores. Unfortunately, people are people, and no matter what their nationality happens to be, are perfectly capable of being tasteless bores.
May 31st, 2007 at 8:59 am
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May 31st, 2007 at 9:00 am
[...] show (to be aired Friday) in the Netherlands. Several bloggers commented on it. Jules Crittenden wrote: I stand in awe. I thought we ruled the world of stunningly bizarre, somewhat disturbing and [...]
May 31st, 2007 at 9:15 am
I’ve never been impressed with the Dutch since visiting their country in the late 70s. My most lasting impressions of them were the horrendous way they drove (like mad Italians, the lot of them), and the incredibly fancy lace curtains in the windows of brick buildings that had racial slurs against Asians and Africans graffiti’d on the sides. Contradictions galore.
May 31st, 2007 at 9:34 pm
IIRC, all of the reality shows have come from Europe. Doesn’t speak well for them.