"An evening of fun and fun lies ahead," Maya Wertheimer declared in the follow-up episode of "New Love" that aired last night on Network 13. When she added that couples "have become the most talked-about thing in the country," I realized Maya was a bit exaggerated. Forget that the ratings data did not support the pretentious assertion. The upsetting part was finding out that fun and fun wouldn't come in this episode. And it's not Wertheimer's fault, who was willing to soar to the redhead energies of Tzipi Shavit to lift up the evening.
Proportions, friends, proportions. "New Love", Photo: Reshet 13
From the moment they sat down on either side of the tribune, it was clear that not only were they not at the center of any discourse, it seemed that some were still doing everything possible to squeeze eye-rolls out of viewers at home. We discovered that even six months later, six months of obvious proportion, she had not succeeded in lightening the event and recreating self-awareness. The couples still looked like puppets with the production holding their strings. Instead of fun and fun, we got men who excuse their failure in the "situation" and on camera, and women who displayed heartbreak befitting divorced and widowers my age.
Squeeze eye rolls. "New Love", Photo: Reshet 13
It's not clear how at this age contestants don't make it to such an episode after seeing themselves on the show, talking to family and friends, and still analyzing a few days of featherweight relationships as if they were truly meaningful.
As if significant. "New Love", Photo: Reshet 13
One of the men went so far as to fight for long minutes over his decision to take a table he had built or something, and we were left wondering - how did he not get out of there with a bride?
"New Love" - Polo Up Episode, Channel 13
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