Risque Business The Netherlands and Germany is the third instalment in the South Korean travel reality talk show series. It was created by Studio Modak and produced by Go Min-gu and Jeong Hyo-min. The show consists of 6 episodes with a runtime of about 25-35 minutes.
The show, Risqué Business features comedian Shin Dong-youp and singer Sung Si-kyung, where the two Korean stars explore the sex cultures of the Netherlands and Germany, through hands-on experiences and interviews. Previously, they travelled through Japan and Taiwan to get to know more about their adult industry and explored some intimate topics.
Risque Business The Netherlands and Germany Review
Having experienced the adult entertainment industry and same-sex relationships in East Asian countries, the duo set off to the European region. Their outreach brought the show a notch as the subjects discussed this time are quite unconventional, even from non-conservative perspectives. In the first episode, Shin Dong-youp and Sung Si-kyung visit Amsterdam’s red-light district — touring a sex worker’s business and watching a sex show.
They meet a legal sex worker and witness how she would usually carry her business. They are also recommended to watch a live sex show in Casa Rosso by a local journalist. It was an eye-opening show for them, as they could only keep their calm by gulping down beer. They also get a chance to interview the show cast, which turns into a friendly banter about sex frequency and sizes.
Despite going all out at their first stop, the hosts were in for a surprise when they visited a German spa. While Amsterdam had sexual nuances behind the culture, the German spa provoked them to differentiate nudity and sexual nature. The spa culture endorsed full nudity with no distinction between genders. Coming from a highly conservative culture, they were flustered enough by changing in the same room as the opposite sex. One would have expected them to embrace the culture to fit in but they kept their robes on with a lousy excuse of having an attached microphone.
They also meet up with a nudist community FKK (Freikörperkultur) and experience a day with them at the park/recreational center. While the group members try their best to make them agree with their philosophy; one can sense Shin Dong-youp and Sung Si-kyung’s hesitancy, as they keep looking around to not to stare at other’s bodies. Also, with so many blurred blobs roaming around on the screen, how difficult/absurd was it for the editor to work on it – comes to mind.
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After meeting the naturists, Dominatrixes give the duo an immersive experience in their Berlin BDSM studio. This episode has to be the funniest as the hosts look like scared children getting disciplined. Unsure about their dominating or submissive personalities in reality, they sure had much fun playing around with spiked collars, handcuffs and getting spanked. Shin Dong-youp seemed to have loosened up a bit by this episode and taken things head-on, without much prenotion. While Sung Si-kyung became quite docile or was introduced to some new ideas for spicing up his love life.
In the fourth episode, they party with some youngsters in a Berlin club. Compared to their previous encounters, it was a tamed environment as they observed the party-goers and their eccentricities. In the following episodes, the show takes an educational turn as they engage in conversations about sexual health and preferences. They first visit a sex toy company and interview a group of women about female self-pleasure. At last, they dive into two polyamorous relationships and satisfy their curiosity by visiting their homes.
In comparison to the Japanese and Taiwanese editions, the hosts seemed to be more accepting and less judgemental, this time. Or it could be the completely foreign environment that made them take a step back before forming a strong opinion. Overall, it was an entertaining short series, exploring sub-cultures that may or may not become mainstream but are a good step in creating discourse about them.
Rating: 3/5
Risque Business The Netherlands and Germany is available for streaming on Netflix.
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