Die Soutwaterheks Episode 17 van 25
Channel: Paragon Media
Date: 2022-04-17

DIE SOUTWATERHEKS - EPISODE 17- Seewater is Dikker as Bloed
REVIEW BY ROBYN SASSEN:
https://robynsassenmyview.com/2024/01/27/die-soutwaterheks-episode-17/
This will not pass, says Frans Baker in the face of gender-based violence, in episode 17 of Martyn le Roux’s Die Soutwaterheks.
MALE BRAVADO AND mermaid intrusiveness give episode 17 of Martyn le Roux’s serialised podcast, Die Soutwaterheks a bit of a kick back into the world of ordinary things, and out of the bamboozled circle of friends in the bar. You can find this foray into privacy, abuse and the rotten twists of low self-esteem, here. While the episode is about the idea of making peace with loss and disappointment, it’s also about what makes testosterone flow.

And it’s all about Belinda’s bloke, Richard (DJ Muller). Or is that ex-bloke? He’s the type of man who slaps first, accuses next and asks questions at his whim, much later, if he remembers to. We met him, a few episodes ago. A bit of a stereotype in terms of toxic masculinity, he reduces Frans to a boy in a schoolyard prancing and teasing for a punch up.

The episode reveals an uncomfortable lack of empathy when it comes to privacy and Salacia’s ability to read thoughts willy-nilly and without the consent of the thinker. And while Belinda, the thinker in question, is the cipher for her own tale of emotional woe, she becomes the one to be saved with the magic of one and the male anger of the other of her friends, which makes the plot a little juvenile.

After all, how many young women with abusive boyfriends can boast a mermaid among her collection of allies? It’s a rhetorical question put to Belinda, but one that compromises the serious tone of the tale a notch or two.
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Spelers in hierdie episode:
Frans Baker - Francois Coertze
Salacia - Elzáhn Dorfling
Belinda - Annette Havenga
Danie Brink - JC Bosman
Jantjies - Riaan Visman
Kapt. Kearney - Pieter Theron
Kapt. Claassen - Deon Botha
Richard Fredericks - DJ Muller
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EPISODE 17 
Dis laat en Brink sluit die kroeg. 'n Verslae en ontnugterde Hans keer huiswaarts. Belinda se probleem met Richard dryf weer na bo. Frans konfronteer Richard en 'n onaangename besoeker wag vir hulle by Frans se huis.
©2021martynleroux
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