TV review The problem of the small man is more in his head than in his pants

Matthijs Janssen finds his penis too small. He is so uncertain that he does not dare to enter into relationships. He doesn’t dare to do everything anyway. What he dares to, is to raise his problem on television for 81,000 viewers. He sees his TV performance as part of his « trip to self-acceptance ».

In the documentary Short Dick Man (NPO 3) Starts director Willem Timmers all kinds of frightening situations for the uncertain Janssen. In decors with extras, they can practice clothes in the dressing room, pee in a urinal and undress in the bedroom for a date. Exposed showering goes too far for him – he keeps his wide swimsuit. The most special exercise is that he lets his mother wash his hair – in an attempt to return to the years before the great shame.

Large genitals are the norm. Certainly in porn. Janssen suffered his shame by looking at porn. In a basement full of classic images, an expert tells that in ancient times a small precisely the ideal of beauty was. Sign of refinement and civilization. They found a hefty rod barbaric. Christianity changed that. The purpose of sex was reproduction, not pleasure, and that would go better with a big one.

That Janssen discusses the suffering of the small man on TV, presumably for the first time in the history of Dutch television, continues to fascinate me. Why do people share their most intimate things with the nation? Halfway he tells Timmers that he does not want to continue with the documentary. Unfortunately, they do not go deeper into that. I also missed some widening. It could be a greater story about compelling standards in beauty and sex.

Only on three -quarters of the broadcast Janssen goes to a urologist. He takes his yardstick and concludes that he has an average member with thirteen centimeters. Nothing wrong. It helps, but not entirely. The problem is more in his head than in his pants. Brave man, Matthijs Janssen.

DIY HOUSE

Veronique and her brothers together enter into ‘a flip adventure’. In the second season of Worthwhile (RTL 4) They buy a DIY house in Utrecht for three tons. They want to redecorate that together and resell. In the first season we already saw that you can earn a lot on that.

But first contractor Bob Sikkes comes by. He is in more residential programs of RTL such as Buy without watching. His role here is to look doubtful and the reckles of the flippers. He looks around in the ruin. « What comes to you? » Presenter Tijl Beckand asks the renovation guru. The sister and the brothers have no odd job experience, that Baart Sikkes worries: « If you’re talking about » I have put a cupboard together « and » I have sometimes held a hammer « … I don’t know if that is the starting point. »

That will of course be a disaster, you think as a viewer. Also from sorrow, let’s be honest. On TV, constantly appearing people who are much more adventurous than me, then it is nice if such a daring goes on his mouth.

And everything goes wrong. Veronique can hardly lift the breaker. Hit hit is also a problem. If they want to remove a geyser, they have to google on the spot what the pipes are. The renovation lasts longer than planned, the costs are rising, a brother gets a burnout.

But they keep loving each other and it does work. Even Bob Sikkes thinks they did well. After half a year of toil, they can sell the house for 4.4 tons. Hurrah! Slightly late Veronique wonders: « Is this in proportion to what we put in it? » They have earned 15,000 euros per person. Six months of work, that is 2,500 gross per month. Downstairs average. The shown TV viewer can sink satisfied again in his couch.

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