Any homosexual connotation?
Question marks around my head if homosexual connotation was embedded in the original Dutch TV series during 1966-68? Can anyone tell? Tons of thanks.
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Originally the writer of the serie (annie mg schmidt) liked if the neigbour had a bit of gay manners. Just like in the movie the song about the boys of the travel club (jongens van de reisvereniging) was about more than just friendship :). The actor who played opa of the original serie was also a gay in real life. And wouter the barber was played by an openly gay in the original serie just like in the movie. There have been gay like rolls. For that time this was very unique (not only) in holland.
My mother have seen the original serie and she said that it looked a lot like the movie. So the filmmakers have done a great job. It was something the whole country stayed home for. It originally was meant to be a kids serie but it was enjoyed by every age. I enjoyed the movie too and its a shame that theres only one episode left of this legendary serie, and i will never be able to see the rest.
(i was born in the 80s)
Funny how you over looked the numerous scenes of actors wearing very little more than tight underpants ( Gerrit in paricular.) Interestingly enough, there are no scenes of actresses in similar states of undress. It is very one sided.
I wonder if the charater of the hair dresser was originally intended to be gay-positive or a stereotype, given the period in which the TV series was made. As well as it was handled in the movie, I could see the original character as just another screen sissy on TV.
Question: I it common to have sinks in one's bedroom in the Netherlands? The landlord/neighbor has a sink in his bedroom. One would never see this in the US other than a University dorm room or a very cheap hotel.
In answer to your question: it is not common, but yes: sometimes you see it. At my parents' house there is one bedroom with a sink in it. But in my house there are none.
shareI don't know if it is common or not, but in my wife's parent's house, all three bedrooms have a sink. It is a pretty modern house, too. Of course, they have a small closet on the ground floor with a toilet and sink, and a larger bathroom with a washer, shower, toilet and sink on the second floor. It was weird, and hard to get used to.
As for the homosexual connotations... I thought it odd that my DVD was distributed by an obviously gay distribution company. I didn't see anything gay about the movie, at all (except it is a musical ;) )
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
I thought it odd that my DVD was distributed by an obviously gay distribution company.
Ja Zuster was shown at Frameline (San Francisco's Gay film festival) where Loes Luca led the audience in a rousing chorus of the theme song. It seems as though the distributor was aware that the Gay market would find the movie interesting.
There doesn't seem to be much of a Subtitled Dutch Musicals market in the US otherwise. share