After one season in which Goldstein hosted the Israeli version of "Carpool Karaoke" here at 11, Kagan got into his shoes, and there are definitely differences
Leans on comedic abilities.
Kagan with Sarit Hadad in "Carpool Karaoke"
It's a story about traveling nowhere.
To get anywhere you do not have to gallop on the highway, nor do you have to run Wise.
On the way to nowhere there are never any traffic lights or traffic jams, and no drivers honking and overtaking and cutting.
And if you travel anywhere, you can not get lost, because it is impossible to be anywhere and get lost.
A driver traveling anywhere will never have parking problems.
Pedestrians look blurred through the windows of the car that travels fast to nowhere.
This is always the case when traveling anywhere.
And even if you bring Sarit Hadad to this trip, it will not change the fact that it is a trip to nowhere.
The year is 2021 and it turns out that we have not yet exhausted the format of the driver who travels to nowhere, and on the way he hosts a car / amusement program in his car.
After taxi and carpool drivers, it's time to upgrade to facilitators who are Walt emissaries, ambulance drivers or garbage truck drivers (who rummage through bins for interviewees), otherwise it's just repeating itself.
Ido Rosenblum, Erez Tal, Reshef Levy, Nikki Goldstein, Hanoch Daum and others have in recent years followed in the footsteps of Jerry Seinfeld and James Korden and brought to the screen a variety of programs based on a shared trip in a car equipped with cameras and microphones.
Both cheap and full of potential.
"Carpool Karaoke" evolved from Corden's short poetry sketch with George Michael on a British charity broadcast in 2011, to a corner on Corden's night program a few years later, and through countless viral videos to a successful international format that crossed continents.
After a season with Nicki Goldstein in the driver 's seat, here the Israeli version of the steering wheel was handed over to Udi Kagan, who made a name for himself thanks to "A Wonderful Land" and "Messiah".
Although it is still too early to judge Kagan, it is easy to notice changes in the directive.
Goldstein last season put a lot of emphasis on the musical aspect, he sang a lot more, and also gave the travels with him some theatrical vibe.
For Kagan, his reliance on acting and comedic abilities stands out.
For example, in an episode that will air tonight with Neta Barzilai, a singer with a limited amount of hits, Kagan was very comfortable running away with her for extended minutes to strange districts of food or nail building.
Traveling anywhere is like traveling in a gray area.
Because if a policeman catches you texting while driving, then you will immediately snatch a report, but if while driving you will present a program, dance, take your hands off the steering wheel, pull dolls from the back seat, talk on the headset with the director and cameras will hide parts of the windshield and document the event on TV. , So no traffic inspector will say a word. That's how it is nowhere. And
Kagan takes advantage of the situation. While driving a black BMW with 14 cameras installed on its windshields, he dances, waves his hands, plays with dolls and does other actions that are not acceptable to the PA. By the way, at the end of the episode, it was written for a moment on the screen that "some of the footage used the autonomous driving system", which sounds mostly like a section designed to wave any criticism in advance.
Kagan is not an experienced interviewer, and is based on a pre-prepared script, trying to entertain Funny and not beyond, because even while driving and singing on the roads of Israel is quite complicated to produce an in-depth interview or a real conversation. And so "Carpool Karaoke" simply uses its screen time to celebrate the celebrity of the celebrity on duty. In short, a trip to nowhere.
Carpool Karaoke with Udi Kagan, here 11, 10:15 p.m.
