Draadstaal
Encyclopedia
Draadstaal was a satirical
sketch comedy
television program
of the VPRO
, a Dutch public broadcasting company. It was created by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Dennis van de Ven. The program was aired September 14, 2007 to November 22, 2010. The show featured lots of recurring stereotypical
characters.
The program is reminiscent of the work of Van Kooten en De Bie
.
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
of the VPRO
VPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
, a Dutch public broadcasting company. It was created by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Dennis van de Ven. The program was aired September 14, 2007 to November 22, 2010. The show featured lots of recurring stereotypical
Stereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...
characters.
The program is reminiscent of the work of Van Kooten en De Bie
Van Kooten en de Bie
Van Kooten en De Bie were a Dutch comedy duo formed by Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie.The two cooperated for years, before they started to work for the public broadcasting organization VPRO, where they first performed for radio broadcasting, and later took to making shows for television...
.