Davy Maurits

Review of Nederlands Instituut voor Beel...

This museum is sick in the same bed as many of his...

This museum is sick in the same bed as many of his colleagues; absolute infantilization of their mission.

The beautiful building immensely masks the nursery garden that is to present an exhibition of sixty years of television.
The level never exceeds that of a K3 performance.

Nothing about the technology of making TV, then and now, nothing. About how a broadcast or studio or broadcaster works, nothing. About how you set up a broadcaster yourself, nothing. About the reasons for existence of certain programs, or some depth, nothing. About the future, nothing, about the man on the moon, eurovision, regional TV, nothing. The successes and failures of commercial television, nothing.

About how Willem Ruis redesigned the entertainment, nothing. Just a stupid show suit.

The national pride, Philips, with its innovations in this field and starter of Dutch television, nope. Studio Irene? Nothing seen.

Replicas from, for example, a radio studio that are not at all truthful. Replicas that look completely different on their archive photos.
Walls full of household appliances that we often put in the garbage for decades, yes. You walk around in a second-hand store.

A stage to dance on like an idiot. I was so embarrassed that I had dared to introduce this museum to my company.

Youth programs get all the attention. With incoherent parafanilia.
How do you make a good talk show? How do you get a star over the floor? Why do we like to see cooking programs? Better ask the question somewhere else.

Shocking is also the 10% floor space / attention for youtube. With no better interpretation than many screens with YT films, which I have already seen, at home, for free, without having to pay 16.

Everything you ever wondered about TV and radio you will not find out here. Very disappointing.