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Klein gelijk
Youp ontvangt misschien wel de meeste fanmail van Nederland en hij leest deze brieven altijd met veel plezier. Ook al zit er soms wel eens wat boze post tussen. Dat is ook de bedoeling. Mensen mogen kwaad worden. Hij wil ze niet per se aan het lachen maken, hij wil ze eerder prikkelen en plagen in een paar honderd woorden, zijn lezers een wekelijkse spiegel voorhouden. Wél een lachspiegel. Dat is zijn streven. De lach en de discussie! Wat Youp betreft: de ideale combinatie.
Houdt het commentaar dan nooit op? Nee, voorlopig niet. Het woord blijft aan Youp. Al meer dan 25 jaar. 'Klein gelijk' heet deze bundelen. Waarom? Bescheidenheid. Het grote gelijk is aan de betweters en dat is de groep die Youp maar al te graag bestrijdt.
Houdt het commentaar dan nooit op? Nee, voorlopig niet. Het woord blijft aan Youp. Al meer dan 25 jaar. 'Klein gelijk' heet deze bundelen. Waarom? Bescheidenheid. Het grote gelijk is aan de betweters en dat is de groep die Youp maar al te graag bestrijdt.
171 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2012
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About the author
Youp van 't Hek
73 books23 followersYoup van 't Hek is a Dutch comedian and a columnist for NRC Handelsblad. He was born and raised in the Gooi, a upper class region to the southeast of Amsterdam. His youth there served as an inspiration for his ironic attitude toward the rich, the successful and all those who are pretending to be either. After being kicked out of several high schools, he finally completed the one where he also led the school theater, and moved to Amsterdam. There he was one of the founding members of Cabaret NAR (Cabaret Jester). Throughout all the changes in Cabaret NAR, Youp was the only constant factor in it and because of him focusing more and more on their shows, he gradually became Cabaret NAR. In the beginning he (or Cabaret NAR) was not very successful, often not even successful enough to pay for their own shows. During all this he worked in some of those boring, mind-numbing, riskless, black-and-white, have-to-wear-a-suit, 9-to-5 kind of office jobs, which later inspired many of his jokes and imitations.
In the early 1980s Cabaret NAR success declined and Youp moved on as a solo artist. From then on he has had great popularity. Though his shows and statements may be considered controversial, he has developed himself, not only as a comedian, but also as an idealist. His humor is always mixed with a sense of irony towards modern life, culture, and national and international politics. Other themes often found in his shows and humor are death, hypocrisy, the innocence of children, the sincerity of the elderly, the gap between what society expects from you and what you, deep in your heart, want the most, and the question: "When would you call someone crazy and when would you call him/her normal or healthy?".
His big break came in 1983 on KRO's "De alles is anders-show". His energetic performance made him a household name overnight.
He is known as "the Buckler of Dutch comedians" because he ridiculed Buckler, a low-alcohol beer brewed by Heineken in his 1989 end-of-year show so effectively, sales plummeted and the brand was eventually withdrawn from the market.[1] Youp has often cited this as the best joke in his career and has subsequently referred to it in all his retrospective shows.
In the early 1980s Cabaret NAR success declined and Youp moved on as a solo artist. From then on he has had great popularity. Though his shows and statements may be considered controversial, he has developed himself, not only as a comedian, but also as an idealist. His humor is always mixed with a sense of irony towards modern life, culture, and national and international politics. Other themes often found in his shows and humor are death, hypocrisy, the innocence of children, the sincerity of the elderly, the gap between what society expects from you and what you, deep in your heart, want the most, and the question: "When would you call someone crazy and when would you call him/her normal or healthy?".
His big break came in 1983 on KRO's "De alles is anders-show". His energetic performance made him a household name overnight.
He is known as "the Buckler of Dutch comedians" because he ridiculed Buckler, a low-alcohol beer brewed by Heineken in his 1989 end-of-year show so effectively, sales plummeted and the brand was eventually withdrawn from the market.[1] Youp has often cited this as the best joke in his career and has subsequently referred to it in all his retrospective shows.
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October 30, 2021
Is wel goed geschreven, maar de columns zijn gedateerd ... gaat dikwijls over figuren uit de Nederlandse politiek of voetbal, of voorvallen waar de meeste mensen niets van af weten, zodat niet alles goed begrepen kan worden.
November 29, 2012
Sinds ruim een half jaar volg ik #Youp op Twitter. Daar kwam ik erachter dat er elke zaterdag een nieuwe column van hem online te vinden is op de site van het NRC. Ik smul er wekelijks van en deel ze met mijn volgers (het aantal wisselt). Ik ben het bijna zonder uitzondering eens met de mening van van 't Hek en vind zijn stijl scherp, kritisch, komisch, maar het is nooit zuur om het zuur of schoppen om het schoppen. Hij stelt vragen die iedereen zou moeten vragen over maatschappelijke issues of gewoon de gebeurtenissen van de dag. De tekst achterop het boekje (een cadeau van een goede vriend) zegt wat mij betreft genoeg: 'Klein gelijk heet deze bundel. Waarom? Bescheidenheid. Het grote gelijk is aan de betweters en dat is de groep die Youp maar al te graag bestrijdt.' Ik voer dezelfde strijd, alleen schrijf ik dan weer geen columns. ;) Klein Gelijk is een aanrader voor iedereen!
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