The average Israeli sits in the living room of his air-conditioned home, watching an episode of "Big Brother" and as things get hotter, his emotional reaction drifts into personal districts.
"What crazy people put in this season. Who educated them? Surely their families are ashamed of them. How is their mother able to get out of the house?", And other thoughts that are later translated into posts and an overall public atmosphere.
The occupants of the "Big Brother", as is well known, have been isolated for over a month - unaware of the storms and criticism.
They are disconnected and protected at least until they are repelled.
And when that happens, the current discourse around them will no longer matter.
Meanwhile the immediate consequences are experienced by their families, who serve as a human shield for them even though they have been sucked into the situation out of necessity.
Yesterday, Bar's mother was a guest on "The Daily Report," and for ten minutes her name did not appear on the screen, but was written "Bar's mother." Her daughter, who is imprisoned in a TV show, presenter Kobi Mehat said she walked into the studio in small, measured steps and with great apprehension, and she did stutter, apologized for the excitement and her voice often choked.
It is clear that the situation is not comfortable for her.
After being shown a segment that collected all the cries and explosions starring her daughter, Nigba's mother shed a tear that sparkled in her eyes and in a broken voice admitted: "The heart is on the level of discourse. The pain of the families is twofold - both personally and for our children."
She testified to a lack of sleep, as she spends the day guarding her grandson (Bar's child) and at night completes Channel 26 broadcasts. "It's unbearable to contain. I just beg people - that their hand be less light on the keyboard."
The quarrel from "Big Brother", Photo: From the show
This is about what all the mothers and siblings, grandmothers and uncles of the characters in the show experience.
Most of them do not understand the world of television and find it difficult to understand why they burn the day in front of Channel 26 and see a certain reality, then get a different picture in the episodes on Channel 13. They have no effect except to send a helicopter with an embracing message (there were already three this season) .
Last week, Nathaniel's sister used her skills as a lawyer to advocate in the "Daily Report" for her brother who was accused of bullying. I could have told him, "Be careful, say goodbye to Diane, you better be alone."
And I suddenly remembered how at the beginning of the flood Diane's mother stood up to protect her in "The Pipe", reported threats and insults directed, and in response Guy Lerer diagnosed that she could be a great TV character, just like her daughter, and recommended her to participate in a reality show.
This is how the channel and production actually preserve two-facedness throughout the process.
They reassure the families behind the scenes, arrange an exciting interview here and there to calm the area, and do not reveal to them that these same interviews only agitate the violent discourse against the participants in the program.
"Enough, it's a game," Bar's mother boasted in the "Daily Report."
It was only when I walked into your studio that I suddenly got down and said to myself ‘this is just a game.
So Rabak Orit, enough to cry, enough to lie down, enough to kill yourself.
Rabak, it's really just a game.
I'm now with half a bottle of Rasquio, and I hope I did not make any leaks to her. "That's fine, Bar made enough leaks herself.
The Daily Report - Interview with Bar's Mom, Network 13, 3 p.m.
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