Finally, a youth series is made here that does not have aliens, clones and human robots, but the youth in the new series of educational here look like something created by adults - who forgot what it was like to be boys
A tremendous role.
Aki Avni in "Comprehensive Milan"
Adolescence is a stinking age. And I’m not talking at all about the banal troubles of eccentrics, physical changes or an intense pursuit of grades, acceptance and self-determination, but rather about the total disregard of the local TV industry for teenagers. The age range between 14 and 18 does not attract any national broadcasting platform, so it is difficult to find drama series from the Young Adult genre in Israel that manage to communicate with their target audience.
In Israel, people invest in preschool programs, family dramas, reality shows, quality series and trash, but no channel invests thought, budget and network activity when it comes to teenage series. There are no broadcast tracks or channels dedicated to such content, so Israeli "youth series" will not include nudity or smoking, and will not put controversial values to the test, because otherwise they will not be approved for broadcast on the children's channels.
Because of this the local youth dramas feel very baked. They add the stars of the present to them, speak directly to the mainstream and strive to appeal to a very wide cross-section of viewers - both adults and young people. Suffice it to look at the differences between the Israeli version of "Euphoria" and the provocative American adaptation aired in America, and understand the whole picture.
This week, the "Comprehensive Milan" youth series aired here, which won a very declarative broadcast slot - every evening at 20:00. "An Israeli quality drama for teenagers," the corporation defined it as ostensibly there is finally something real here, without aliens and superheroes, human robots or a clone of Noa Kirl. In short, the plot tells the story of a vocational high school that embraces a reputed fashion trend. One of the students in the automotive mechanics major impersonates a gay man in order to study the new major. revolutionary? provocative? Perhaps in the eyes of the previous generation, because the current one has long since migrated to other districts of gender definitions.
"Comprehensive Milan" strives to be realistic, logical, authentic, witty and value-based, and to deal with the daily troubles of adolescents. Say, a girl full of body image issues, thoughts of losing a virgin, disappointed love, boy-girl relationships, parties and dreams. Really fun to study at a comprehensive high school in Milan because the principal is cool and short, the teachers are empowering, the students are unpretentious, beautiful, sculpted, witty and Ashkenazi; The classrooms are clean, the parents are square and there are wild parties and shy romances. Most importantly, they all contain and empower. It's really fun to study there, and I'm sure because I'm an older person who has not done homework for over two decades and the dog has stopped eating his notebook.
Thus "Comprehensive Milan", a disease that exists sweepingly in the genre series, misses the real problems of teenagers today because it looks and feels like a series made from the point of view of mature and sober people. When boys look at "Comprehensive Milan" they do not necessarily see themselves in it, but versions of characters and problems as older people imagine boys have. So what's the wonder that youth find what they're looking for in Tiktok?
And yet a good word: there is usually nothing to complain about acting abilities in youth series, however precisely at this point "Comprehensive Milan" manages to convey some realism with most of its characters. Above all, it is worth noting the tremendous role played by Aki Avni in the series. In fact, Avni returns to the character of fashion designer Rafael, from the series "She Has It", gets the best lines in the script, and makes you want to tell him: Leave you from a tapecast, you will stay in this character forever.