Even in the most romantic plots of Disney legends always steals the show some kind of heartless villain.
The same thing happens with the docu-movie in question, "The Tinder Rogue," which aired last week on Netflix;
And since we were born provincial, it has to be said that the film brings Israel out, not something in front of the whole world.
Why?
Because of the evil hero, we will be the Tinder known as Simon Leviev, or in his original name - Shimon Hayut.
The dubious romantic from Bnei Brak impersonated a billionaire's son, targeting young singles (mostly Scandinavians) on Tinder, dazzling them on a spontaneous date on a private jet, luxury hotels, gourmet restaurants and a pink fantasy - which turned on them when he began borrowing huge sums.
The money he extorted from them was poured on the next girl, and so on.
According to the filmmakers, by this method he stole about ten million dollars.
The Tinder Rogue - Official Trailer.
Courtesy of Netflix
And now a spoiler is known and expected for the end of the film, because reality sucks and has no "happy ending" like in Disney movies.
Leviev ran two years in prison in Finland, following an investigation into his exploits in a Norwegian newspaper, and later - as documented in the film - was arrested in Greece for a sting operation against me, initiated by one of the victims.
He was extradited to Israel and sentenced to 51 months, but was released in May 2020 after five months in prison.
The stung still face the duties he has created for them, while the animal continues on its own.
He is currently in a relationship with a model who worked for Shai Avital, lives in luxury apartments, wears brands, spends time on yachts, drives luxury cars and sells business consulting for hundreds of dollars.
Since his release from prison he has been interviewed on commercial channels (news, 13 studio Friday and morning shows), bought advertising articles that would elevate his name on news sites, and paid for billboards that read: "Simon Leviev - neither we nor Tinder."
Last week, 100,000 followers were counted on his ostentatious Instagram account, and since the film's release, their number has doubled to 200,000, before the account was mysteriously deleted.
How exactly do such films, which are basically intended to warn, expose and deter, suddenly develop into a platform that empowers a convicted criminal?
Perhaps because in order to build the story the character of the villain must be glorified, even when it comes to an unsophisticated toy bastard.
In recent days, Leviev / Hayut has been the most talked about Israeli in the world.
Thousands of articles have been written about him in every possible language, fan pages have been set up for him on Instagram, and there are also those who have justified his actions on the grounds that the victims are gold diggers, so they deserved to be stung.
Humans are drawn to larger-than-life characters, and Leviev was certainly portrayed as such in a docu-net that Netflix did on him.
On Tinder, Instagram and probably also in every country with a connection to Netflix, Simon Leviev is currently burnt out, but fortunately - in Israel the rules of the game are different.
The provincial will win it all, and do not be surprised if we can Tinder soon become a legitimate celeb in the Holy Land.
Can we Tinder, Netflixsteino?
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