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Tzaddik in Sodom: The French side's comeback in "The Singer in the Mask" is one of the pleasant surprises of the year
At a time when our screen stars are treasury officials and epidemiological researchers, all we needed was my French side with this speech that is simultaneously soft and hoarse, many moments of natural grace that can not be directed, and the conduct that conveys authenticity and innocence in the format asked exactly what he lacks.
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Ben Byron Braude
Friday, 23 October 2020, 09:08
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It is no coincidence that "it is near" has become the phrase most identified with it.
My French side sees accuracy as a top value, in fact his return now to the judiciary for another reality show is a kind of specialization in itself
In a recent interview with Eran Suissa in Israel today, just before the rise of "The Singer in a Mask", Tzadi Tzarfati said that although his acquaintance with the Israeli cultural world spans decades, he could not guess the identity of any of the celebrities under costumes.
"I guessed nothing, ever. I know everyone who was on the show, and the audience knows, but I did not recognize the performance. I was very surprised by myself. It's hard to identify," the Frenchman admitted in what then sounded like modesty and revealed to viewers a fairly accurate description of reality. .
Just before his 80th birthday (Tapu, Hamsa) Tzadi Tzarfati, one of the greatest directors in the history of Israeli theater, is in the midst of a television mini-comeback that includes, in addition to "The Singer in a Mask", an entertaining guest role in the second season of "That's How It Is" on yes And an exciting performance in Gal Ohovsky's "Proud Revolution," to which I will refer later.
The Frenchman's comeback is not one we knew we were thirsty for, the channel managers did not receive angry messages demanding that the Frenchman be returned to the screen, and if not then we will move to the competing channel.
Precisely because of this the Frenchman's comeback turned out to be such a pleasant surprise.
At a time when our screen stars are treasury officials and epidemiological researchers, all we needed was my side with this talk that is simultaneously soft and hoarse (how does this thing work?), And very many moments of natural grace that cannot be directed.
It is already clear that "The Singer in the Mask" (Channel 12, on changing days) will be remembered as the biggest TV success of 2020. The Korean reality format has been successfully converted to Hebrew and managed to bring a range of ratings data not seen here since the first seasons of "Big Brother" and final broadcasts of "A Star Is Born" (both before the split of Channel 2).
Because the names under the costumes remained anonymous (say), the show's celebrity appeal is mostly in the panel of judges consisting of Static and Ben-El, Shahar Hasson, Ofira Asaig and French sides. Ironically among all the above names, French is probably the most anonymous name for viewers The young people, yes, those for whom Rabin is first and foremost the name of a square.
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A natural charm that cannot be directed.
French sides (Photo: PR)
Let's go back in time, to the year 2004, when the second season of "Kochav Nolad" hosted by Zvika Hadar, and to the judges' table were called Tzadi Tzarfati, Ricky Gal and Roni Brown, a completely professional and elitist band that would never audition for reality.
The biggest discovery of that season, the one that also stayed with us the longest (even longer than Harel Skaat who lost in the thrilling final to Harel Moyal), is French - even then not a young man with gray curls, glasses and a denim shirt.
Until the moment he sat on the judge's throne, the French side name was known mainly to Israeli industrialists and theater lovers, to the general public he was known perhaps from one of the pamphlets he received in the play he went to.
Total.
But as with any good play, someone born in the spotlight (and a Frenchman did indeed start his career as an actor), will not be able to dodge them for long, and from his first moment in prime time the camera fell in love with him.
When my French side says he knows everyone who was in the program he is not exaggerating, in the Israeli cultural world they were all his sons and daughters.
He directed everything, from solo performances to senior actors and singers in Israel such as Hava Alberstein, Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Ofra Haza, Yardena Arazi and Shashi Keshet, through successful plays such as "Bustan Sephardi", "Yosef and the gorgeous striped shirt" and "Hair", numbers for the competition The Eurovision (remember Daphne Dekel and the fluttering mini dress? Is it his), and in recent years even shows for children, including "101 Dalmatians" with Dana International as Crowella de Ville.
Thanks to this repertoire alone, one would have expected a Frenchman to be seven more, perhaps even smug and proud.
This is not the case.
A Frenchman tries to impress us on the panel of judges, he enters the competition in a brawl, closes his eyes, crosses his mind between body movements and sound, tries to guess and usually fails.
He marvels at the correct guesses of Static and Ofira and often compliments.
What can we say, it's just an exciting experience.
A Frenchman's conduct conveys authenticity and innocence in a question format that is exactly what he lacks most.
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They were all his sons and daughters.
French side with the poet Miriam Yellen Shtaklis (screenshot)
As mentioned, earlier this year, a Frenchman gave an extended interview to "The Proud Revolution," the documentary series by Gal Ochowski and Liran Atzmor that aired here 11 and dealt with the success of the proud community in Israel.
This was the Frenchman's most extended reference to being gay.
He did not come out of the closet in the series, he had done it before, but before that he did not really talk about it at length, he is a "private person" as they called it in the gossip columns.
A Frenchman is an old-schooler, a generation that believed that sexual orientation was something worth keeping indoors.
In the same interview, which can also be read in Haaretz, a Frenchman tells what it was like to be gay in the entertainment industry of the young state of Israel in the 60s and 70s, he describes discreet encounters in private apartments in Tel Aviv, Ashkenazi and elitist bohemia and even parties in the spirit of free sex and drugs. The era of "make love, not war."
French public speaking about his sexuality is not self-evident, older people tend to embrace the reluctance of society and avoid talking about themselves as sexual beings.
We are much more curious to know with whom the 20-year-old reality graduate is going out, than the lovable uncle we have always known.
And there really is no reason for that other than outdated conventions that we have all adapted to ourselves.
It seems that after about fifty years in Israeli culture, my French side finally feels comfortable in its own skin, and as he often says, to me it is "exciting and creepy".
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The camera fell in love with him.
French side with the other judges of the sixth season of "A Star Is Born" (Photo: PR)
And if already old-school, we have become accustomed to living in an age where the stars on screen have to reinvent themselves once every few months otherwise they are considered boring and irrelevant.
Take Noa Kirl as a test case, it has not been two years since she started her pop career and she has already become an actress, after marking v also on this title she has already moved on to expanding her brand, only this week she launched a fashion collection in her design.
My French side belongs to a different generation in more than one sense, he had actors and singers, not talents.
This is a generation where professionalism and staying on stage for a long time are considered a sign of quality, it is no coincidence that "it's near" has become the phrase most identified with it.
My French side sees accuracy as a top value, in fact his return now to the judiciary for another reality show is a kind of specialization in itself.
The French referee of 2020 is funnier, looser and more real than he has been in all his seasons in "Star Born".
It is still unclear which celebrity will be able to take off the mask at the end of the season and win the long-awaited comeback, but we have already discovered the big star of the season.
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