Jealousy - one of the most powerful and destructive emotions there is, is the basis of a new network series, a dark drama (also called "Jealousy") created by Dean Milo, and shows how far people are able to go in the name of jealousy.
The series stars the veteran actor Sharon Alexander, alongside a number of young actors, including Tal Amar, Nega Basman, Yordan Danon and also the creator of the series, Dean Milo, which is the first series he created - this is as part of the recovery he aims to make from his previous life as a political consultant.
The series - the fruit of a completely independent production - can be easily found on YouTube.
"I have always had a lot of appreciation and respect for young people who take their lives in their hands and initiate and write and create their own content and put it on the air," says Alexander in an interview with Israel Hayom.
"And when I meet people who have this passion and this determination, and I can in terms of times, I come down from the height of my age and status (laughs) and get involved in helping. Besides, in the case of this series, I thought it was an interesting topic to deal with, jealousy. I dealt with it in the past, and today He may be more important than ever."
I thought it was an interesting topic to deal with.
Alexander, photo: Yoav Barel
You're talking about what's happening in our society, I guess.
"True, jealousy is one of the most dangerous emotions there is. To be jealous of someone or someone is actually to feel that the other person belongs to you, and that he is your property, and as soon as this person does not exactly meet the narrow limits that are set for him, then there may be harm and we see an average of 26 women murdered every year, mostly The cases surrounding this issue.
"And it's not just envy of women, it's also envy of a place, a territory, envy of another who has more. Today we are in a situation where society is divided and divided, we feel it everywhere: on the road, in the street, in the media, in politics. Everything starts from there, so flood the issue This seems true and important to me. It goes far beyond the private story that is in the series."
The logo of the "Kana" series, photo: screenshot
So let's talk for a moment about the private story. You play a private investigator who is approached by two young people who suspect that their partners are having an affair and ask you to follow them.
"True, and I'm drawn to help them, and little by little a secret from my past is revealed, a deep wound that I carry with me that actually causes a twist in the plot. I don't want to do spoilers, but I can tell that they take me to work for them and don't know that I was badly burned by a partner who left me and took the children, that I am scratched, and that the belief in true love affects me and my work with them. At first, I treat this case as a normal case, to prove that there is no betrayal, but as soon as I perceive that there is something, I offer them an alternative plan."
"Jealousy", photo: screenshot, from the series
Alexander is a seasoned and busy actor;
He is currently starring in the play "Mama Mia!"
At the Bhima Theater, in the play "Welcome", a political play at the Tamune Theater, and teaches acting at the schools of Tali Sharon and Eyal Rosales.
Alexander is very attached to the network series format, and for good reason.
"I think I created the first network series in Israel," he laughs.
"It was called 'The Wonderful Life of the Celeb'. I uploaded it in 2007 together with the website NRG. I did 16 episodes for them that I wrote and Uri Hochman and I directed, and it made a lot of noise at the time. It was a confusing series, a sharp satire on the celebs and the world of celebrities in Israel. I was playing myself, but it was actually a megalomaniac and egoist celeb alter ego. I created a bit of confusion.
"I think it was right on Dean's part to go with the format of a network series, because the possibility of doing it is much more available and faster than writing a series for television, which today is a story that can take years, until the first episode is filmed. In a network series, you can work relatively quickly, on a low budget , and achieve rapid exposure, because if it's good it will go viral."
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