John Dillermand
John Dillermand ("John Penisman" in Danish[1]) is a Danish animated children's television series about a man and his very long penis. It premiered in 2021 on DR Ramasjang.
Premise
John Dillermand, a middle-aged man in a red-and-white striped bathing costume, has a penis that can extend to a length of several meters. John uses his prehensile penis (which has the same color as his costume) as a tool, for example to tame lions or to fly about like a helicopter. But it also often acts independently of John, getting him into trouble.[2]
Development and broadcast
The series is aimed at four- to eight-year-olds and was developed by the Danish public broadcaster DR, in association with the sex education association Sex & Samfund.[3] It premiered in January 2021 on DR's children's channel DR Ramasjang.[2] The first season, consisting of 13 five-minute episodes, was made available on the Internet on 2 January 2021.
Reception
John Dillermand was popular in Denmark upon release, with 90,000 people viewing the first episode.[2] Its unusual premise was criticized by some viewers as normalizing rape culture,[3] as pandering to pedophiles or as making light of the #MeToo movement against sexual violence against women.[2] DR said that the series did not sexualize the penis,[2] and that what mattered was that children found it funny.[1]
External links
References
- ^ a b Russell, Helen (2021-01-06). "Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e W, Christian (2021-01-05). "John's long schlong: new DR kid show under fire". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Brown, Nancy (2021-01-06). "Kids' TV show accused of 'normalising rape culture' over character with giant unruly penis". Entertainment Daily. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
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