Eran Zarchovich most likes to put Bennett's teeth together • Liat Har Lev enjoys playing Ayelet Shaked • And Eyal Kitsis does not think their satire really changes viewers' minds • Just before another broadcast of "Great Land" and News 12, the stars answer the questionnaire our
And that the best will win.
From the right: Alma Zack (Merav Michaeli), Eli Finish (Yair Lapid), Mariano Eidelman (Benjamin Netanyahu), Dudu Erez (Gideon Saar) and Eran Zarchovich (Naftali Bennett)
Photo:
Moshe Nahumovich
Eran Zarhovich,
46, joined Eretz Nehederet in 2010.
Figures: Naftali Bennett, Ofer Shelach, Yoav Galant,
Eyal Berkovich, Ehud Barak.
Also: Eitan Kabel, Guy Peleg,
Semyon Grafman, Barhanu Tagania, Gila Almagor
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"Ehud Barak is about two hours of makeup. Galant about an hour and a half. I like Bennett the most, because it's just 'putting' teeth. I bring the baldness from home. Bennett takes ten minutes with the dressing. I guess it's the time it takes him to get organized in the morning."
Are you still watching videos of the character, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
"I watch almost every new video of the character. During the election period, politicians upload a lot of their clips to Facebook, Instagram and Tic Tac, and I watch almost everything. And of course I also watch their interviews in the media. With a veteran character like Bennett I watch more for the content, because the imitation "It's already pretty established with me. Of course, if the subject of the imitation has adapted a new gesture or gesture that stands out to me, I will adopt it for imitation."
What do you like most about the character?
"With Bennett, I like his struggle to look 'mature' and tough and serious, and that's in a constant struggle with a certain childhood-adolescence of his."
Discover some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"I always start by watching a lot of parts of the character. I pay attention to the tone of voice, to the 'music' in speech. How the politician plays his speech. Then I focus on body movements and facial expressions. We tried to prepare the imitation of Ofer Shelach a year ago, But we felt I did not have him. Not in terms of the voice, not the melody, nor the agenda or any engine that drives him.
"But from the moment he declared that he wanted to face Lapid in 'There is a Future' - it opened the character.
Suddenly it was loaded into the engine, got an interesting base.
When I realized that vocally I did not have him so much, I focused on his movements, and it helped a lot.
"By the way, many times after I put on a character for the first time, and I see myself in the mirror, it sharpens my imitation. I suddenly see the character. In terms of videos, I focus on two or three passages in which he speaks with energy that suits us. If in our panel "He comes to give a speech, there is no point in watching his more 'relaxed' interviews. When I work on an imitation of Danny Kushmero, for example, and the piece is his extreme articles, there is no point in watching clips in which Kushmero interviews in the studio."
Who do you talk to when working on a new character?
"With the writers, the system and the rest of the actors. Most of the time someone will have a tip that can actually 'do' the character. A lot of times someone notices something I didn't notice in the character, and he enlightens my eyes about it."
A particularly memorable response from an erosion politician?
Did you meet a character you played?
"I happened to meet some characters I imitated, the so-called 'I came across' them, but not politicians. It's mostly very embarrassing, and I prefer to avoid that."
A favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in "A Wonderful Land"?
"Tal Friedman's imitation of Ron Huldai makes me laugh."
Which political figure did you like to play the most in all seasons?
"Of course I like to imitate Bennett the most. In second place - the imitation of Eitan Kabel. I also really enjoyed imitating Ehud Barak. I liked his impatience to answer the interviewer's questions. And this season I also enjoyed Galant, and of course Ofer Shelach."
What is the funniest experience that has happened to you in filming within the character, or in an election broadcast?
"The funniest thing for me is that a few years ago Bennett did not pass the blocking percentage, and we made an 'exciting' farewell where he says 'bye already' (on the weight of 'enough already'). We were sure I would say goodbye to the character forever, and people actually sent me messages and comforted me about "The election loss, as if Bennett was me, as if my career was over. Even my mother called to ask what would happen. Of course, in the elections that followed, Bennett soon got back to business, and everyone calmed down. Including my mother."
Is there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing?
I mean, it does not really move politicians?
"I do not think that imitation does not move a politician. Imitation increases certain traits, certain behaviors, and it is not certain that the politician is indifferent when he sees these things rise in his imitation. Do not believe when a politician says imitation does not move him. In fact, I am almost certain every politician wants imitation. "Until he sees it. I do not know how many politicians who have an imitation like their imitation."
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
"With Liron and the kids. We always go to the polls early in the morning, and then I say goodbye to them and go to the filming. But I'm not complaining. Election day is a very exciting day for a satire show, even though there are so many election campaigns, it's already starting to be a regular weekday. "My youngest daughter, my mother, is two years old, and we have already taken her three times to vote. In another reality, three election campaigns is something she had to experience until her bat mitzvah."
Roi Bar Natan
, 44, joined "Eretz Nehederet" in 2012
Figures: Moshe Gafni, Nitzan Horowitz, Yaakov Litzman, Bozi Herzog, Amit Segal.
Also: Boaz Bismuth, Asi Ezer, Tzadi Tzarfati, Haim Etgar, Gidi Gov.
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"For me it appears in the contract that if it is less than two and a half to three hours of make-up per character - I do not get to the photos. Somehow it turns out that almost all my characters have a very long make-up duration. The truth is that I have patience to go into detail." Of the politician, so respectively his makeup time. "
What do you like most about the character?
"Try to capture what the person stands for, and the more concise it is to body gestures or a sentence - the more effective the statement will be. I strive to reveal the mechanism of the climb. His soft underbelly."
Are you still watching videos of the character, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
"In the window of time I have between the announcement from the program system that I'm getting a new character and the moment I step up to the set, I'm a stalker of every politician I play. Watching videos, on his Instagram, an epidemiological inquiry."
Discover some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"I always start with a technical hearing of how the person speaks, his intonation and speech rate, and then record my immediate impression. After that I try to understand who the person is. In working on Moshe Feiglin, for example, I noticed that he smiles a big smile - and immediately cancels the smile while "Wait. It signaled something to me about it. About unreliability, about pretending, and that was the key to execution."
Who do you talk to when working on a new character?
"I, of course, consult with Molly (Segev, editor of 'Great Country'; A.S.) and the writers, and try to understand how they experience it."
A particularly memorable response from an erosion politician? Did you meet a character you played?
"I came across Booz at the airport two years ago Herzog.
We said polite 'hello', and then he said with a smile: 'Well, because of you I'm out of politics.
I replied, 'Well, because of you I have less work in the program.'
So he asked, 'Is it impossible to laugh a little at Diaspora Jewry?'
(Herzog is the chairman of the Jewish Agency, A.S.).
And this is the familiar spaghetti of the public: one foot kicks in the wall when making your cartoon, and the other foot wants to fly to a makeup room, sit next to Mariano Bibi. "A
favorite imitation of all the politicians in" Great Country "?
" Of course it changes and the amount of politicians here is dizzying.
From the revelation of the current season, I really like Yaniv Bitton's Yuli Edelstein.
In his political characters, Yaniv invades to give a conscious of the characters, with lots of grace revealing their sticks, the high and hollow language.
It is very effective. "
Which political figure did you like to play the most in all seasons?
"Litzman. It evolved over time, the murmurs and melodies in speech. In the Corona year, when all the focus shifted to him sitting in the chair of the Minister of Health, we celebrated. His inadequacy to the position at that time served us. I like characters who manage to be satirical without being didactic. And there is a statement. "
What is the funniest experience that has happened to you in filming within the character, or in an election broadcast?
"On election night 2015, as in any election broadcast, we prepared three options for what happens after the TV shows. Due to stressful times, we rehearsed only two options: a draw between Bibi and Boogie and a Boogie victory. We have already rehearsed the Bibi victory scenario on the air. He lived. We had fun and it was funny. "
Is there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing?
I mean, it does not really move politicians?
"The role of the program is to grind teeth and try to bite. We press the pedal and say what's on our hearts. I want to believe that politicians often move uncomfortably in front of their cartoons and in front of the texts. When Education Minister Bennett tweets: 'Great country, jump on me' - the program did Her work.
"I believe that 'Eretz' has made a good contribution in exposing the flawed mechanisms of the political figures.
There is no pretense of really changing reality, but I think things do permeate and make people think about them. "
Who is your favorite politician, today or in the past, and why?
" I have a warm corner in my heart for the late Shoshana Arbeli Almozlino. She and the Mango Band accompanied 1988 in my house".
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
"Suppose in karting with a plant species."
Alma Zack
, 50, has joined Eretz Nehederet since its inception in 2003.
Characters: Merav Michaeli, Yonit Levy, Sara Netanyahu,
Zehava Gal-On, Hanin Zoabi.
Also: Maya Buskila,
Ofira Asaig, Tzipi Shavit
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"The character whose makeup is the longest is Sarah Netanyahu. It only takes two and a half hours to do the part of the makeup. And another half hour to download."
Are you still watching videos of the character, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
"Already flowing by itself. Especially if the imitation does not sit too much on the resemblance to the character and the accuracy, but it is more the spirit of things, as in the case of Sarah. If it is a relatively new imitation, occasionally I still peek to remember. In the character of Sarah, unlike most "The other characters I made, I take more freedom, get away from the precision and fly on some vibe that the character takes out of me. And it's a lot of fun."
Reveal some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"No secret, just watch as much as possible when working on a new character. I translate for myself where the cartoon is, what I want to emphasize. Both externally, in body gestures, and also in the personality characterization."
Is there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing?
I mean, it does not really move politicians?
"There is really no expectation that it will move anything for politicians, but for the viewers who elect them."
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
"Guess I would go from the polls directly to the sea."
Liat Har Lev
, 41, joined "Eretz Nehederet" in 2012
Figures: Ayelet Shaked, Hadas Steif,
Yonit Levy.
And also: Selma the pharmacist
and Esti who repents
Reveal some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"Imitating a politician, in terms of working on a character, is no different than imitating a reality star. In both there is an attempt to find something in the essence, and it can be expressed internally or externally, like a catch prize or a physical gesture, which are actually the character in a nutshell. "The key to imitation - we watch the characters over and over again, until something catches the eye or the ear, and we start from there. Then sometimes through something external something of the 'mechanism' of the character is revealed."
A favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in "A Wonderful Land"?
"I love Bennett and the 'minyanim.' He has cool energy, and we celebrate with a pair of Shaked and Bennett."
Which political figure did you like to play the most in all seasons?
"Ayelet Shaked. She just does not see anyone from a shower, and it's fun to be inside a character like that. I wish I had a little of that in real life."
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
"Probably at sea. And at the ballot box. It's a very festive day, Tachles, and it only happens once every two months."
Eli Finish
, 45, has joined Eretz Nehederet since its inception in 2003.
Figures: Yair Lapid, Dudi Amsalem, Moshe Kahlon, Eli Yishai.
Also: Zofar Abdia, Aviv Geffen, Didi Harari, Binyamin Ben Eliezer, Moshe Katsav
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"Yair Lapid takes me something like an hour of make-up, even though the last time we sat down it took longer, because after five years we realized that his hair was inaccurate - and the wig needed to be rearranged. He used to be more curly, and recently he started to shrink a bit. True, if I have his natural hair tomorrow - I'll be in Hollywood.
"My uncle Amsalem takes an hour and a half, because of extra cheeks.
So if possible take this opportunity to contact my uncle and ask: Dear uncle, put on sneakers, some sweatshirt and go for a run.
You killed me. "
Are you still watching the character's videos, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
" I follow Yair on Instagram, looking at what he's up to keep up to date.
He's an interesting man.
I recently recognized there that something had changed in his speech.
Speaking of his adolescence, he's starting to sound a little more like his dad, the late Tommy Lapid, so I'm trying to put that into the character. Friedman told me two years ago that he's starting to sound like his dad, and I have not seen it. Suddenly now yes. " .
What do you like most about the character?
"He has a rare ability: his mechanism of saying things in a philosophical way that sounds clever, spoken in high language - and still saying nothing. He says the right things, but he's very, very careful. And that he always gives examples from quotes of others - 'Woody Allen was I say, that would mean. "He is such a scientist, and finds a way to make a point through the statements of others."
Discover some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"First of all, I have no secret. I sit every day in the city square in Netanya and ready to reveal the secrets. I have no one method. I mostly listen, go with intuition. The principles are listening and deep contemplation, several times, then deciding what I take from it. Character, what he wants to say and how he wants.
"If there's anything in the man that makes me laugh - I highlight him.
Say to my uncle Amsalem, I realized that when he gets upset he smiles, and that made me laugh.
He looks so cute, I would happily go to him for a borax evening. "
A particularly memorable response from an erosion politician? Did you get to meet a character you played?
" I got to meet Yair Lapid several times.
Every time he saw me he always said 'hello to you'.
"A few years ago, someone close to Moshe Katsav saw me. He approached me and said, 'You know, you, I said to myself for many years,' If I see him, I'm killing him. 'So I said to him,' Here, please, I'm here. "There was silence, and then he smiled and said, 'But let you know I love you.'"
A favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in "A Wonderful Land"?
"Yuliv Bitton's Yuli Edelstein is a great character. An attempt to sound stately without saying anything."
Which political figure did you like to play the most in all seasons?
"Moshe Kahlon and Fouad. Fouad had a long preparation time, but during the performance I did not have to remember a text, but only cough up the man's intention. And Kahlon, because he is human, warm, like a child trying to be in the league of the cheeky and tough - and he did not fit. An innocent man. "
What is the funniest experience that has happened to you in filming within the character, or in an election broadcast?
"Many years ago I was supposed to enter as the late Yehuda Barkan, Yehuda of yesteryear, of the thrillers, with curls and a mustache and glasses.
The ashtrays, which are really very very talented, worked hard, but something did not come out.
It was not similar enough.
No one saw me before I entered the studio, and then Kitsis told the camera 'Get Yehuda Barkan'.
I enter, and we realize that instead of Yehuda Barkan, it turns out that I am Lionel Richie.
We were torn apart with laughter and could not continue. "Is
there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing? That is, that it does not really move politicians?
" I think yes, even if it is angry it means it touches places.
However, I belong to comedians mostly looking just to make people laugh, make happy, enjoying our ability to influence the energy of the audience, mood, and if we made someone laugh releases, genuine laugh from the gut - we made ours. "
Where would you spend Election Day "If you were not in the program studio?
" At sea, unequivocally.
Eyal Kitzis
, 52, has joined "Eretz Nehederet" since its inception in 2003.
The eternal presenter and moderator of all panels
Have you ever met a politician who imitated him on the show?
"Ayelet Shaked met me at one of Keshet's influential conferences, which was held ahead of one of the last election campaigns. I think this was the time she and Bennett did not pass the blocking percentage. I will spare you the explicit word she chose, and I will just say that she did not like the way we chose "Introducing her and Naftali. She was very angry, and it was impossible to miss it. The truth is that I was surprised. Not by the content, but by the choice of words."
A favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in "A Wonderful Land"?
"I was full that I liked. Especially the ones that the actors felt in such a good character, that they allowed themselves to improvise. Eli Finish specializes in this. This year I had the pleasure of 'interviewing' Ofer Shelach, played by Zarhovich Almighty, and I was really surprised when the original Shelach retired. "Please come back sometime, be a man."
Is there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing?
I mean, it does not really move politicians?
"I do not think our goal is to influence the conduct of politicians. We are supposed to give the viewer another angle of looking at the things they say and do. Alas if a politician changes his way because of his imitation. What will be left for us?
" And I do not think we really influence their opinion. Of our viewers.
They come with a solid opinion, and watch us through those glasses.
Like or dislike what we do, depending on their political views.
And even if here and there we do influence, we do not know in what way we will influence and in what direction.
"The truth is that it very much frees us up in writing and filming. We say what we think is important to say, and are freed from the yoke of 'what will it do to the viewer'."
Who is your favorite politician, today or in the past, and why?
"I never thought about that question, but I have dolls of Ben-Gurion, Golda, Rabin and Sharon on the shelf in the living room. And I could buy a figure of almost every leader we had, so that's probably the answer."
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
"I would go to the polls, and then enjoy an amazing day off. Oh, actually vote at school, so that means the kids are at home. For most of the seasons I forgot that marginal detail."
Yuval Samu
, 51, joined "Eretz Nehederet" in 2007
Figures: Miri Regev, Zeev Elkin, Mina Tzemach, Bezalel Smutrich.
Also: Zohir Bahlul, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, the taxi driver who is free
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"Miri Regev? The truth is that it's pretty fast: put on lipstick, a wig, high heels and go ahead and compete."
Are you still watching videos of the character, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
"In the case of Miri Regev, it is already completely flowing by itself. This year we are celebrating a decade of character."
What do you like most about the character?
"The whole story, the game, the right touches, the complex relationship between men and women. There are a lot of beautiful things in this character."
Discover some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"Sitting and watching a lot of videos for hours, studying it well in great detail, expression, voice, body language, and then doing something completely different - because I'm not a one-on-one imitator."
A particularly memorable response from an erosion politician?
Did you meet a character you played?
"A few years ago, I met Miri Regev at Ben Gurion Airport, at four in the morning, and we even took pictures.
She came to me, pretended to love the imitation, and I did as if I loved the encounter. "A
favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in" A Wonderful Land "?
" Asi Cohen's Avigdor Lieberman is always fun. "
What political character did you like to play the most? The seasons?
"I think Menachem Begin."
What is the funniest experience that happened to you in the filming inside the character, or on an election broadcast?
"Two years ago, in the first round elections, I did an imitation of Mina Tzemach.
On the morning of the election at the polls in Herzliya, close to the studios, we photographed her figure as she 'turned' to the respondents who would vote in the sample polls.
People came to me in anger that 'I am never accurate in the results of the truth', really thought I was her.
Unfortunately, that evening she was really inaccurate, and then also resigned because of it. "Is
there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing? That is, that it does not really move politicians?
" Our influence, in my view, is that we cause people, especially children and youth, Get to know our politicians, know who they are.
Many of them know them through the imitations in the show. "
Who is your favorite politician, today or in the past, and why?
" Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongolia Beiteinu party.
He had a million-dollar look. "
Where would you spend Election Day if you were not in the program studio?
" In the audience of 'Great Country.' "
Shani Cohen
, 40, joined "Eretz Nehederet" in 2010
: Yifat Shasha Bitton, Orly Levy-Abkasis, Gila Gamliel, Limor Livnat.
Also: The Marciano Foundation, Sivan Rahav Meir
How many hours does it take you to get into the political character you play?
"I did not make Tzipi Livni for a long time, but without a doubt she was the character who required the most preparation time. Nearly three hours of makeup that included sculpting work, teeth and blue contact lenses. This is a character who is very far from me physically, so I had to work hard to bring me closer. "I would have been happy to see her in politics, but less happy to sit in makeup and get organized for her. The duration of the work on Yifat Shasha Bitton is much shorter, 'only' an hour and a half, which raises her shares with me."
Are you still watching videos of the character, or is the imitation already flowing by itself?
"The work of watching the clips is done mainly towards the first time, for the 'launch' of a new character. After that it is already quite assimilated, and the new character is created - which is a combination of imitation with the additions we created for it. It is already a skill that requires fewer reminders. But, in the make-up room, before the filming, to watch a few minutes of an up-to-date video of the character, in order to put myself in the mood. "
What do you like most about the character?
"At Yifat Shasha Bitton, I recognized something from Moshe Kahlon, who turned me on terribly, in the transmission of the eyes and eyebrows. I suddenly noticed that she and he were similar in this. Probably because they were many years together. I tried to produce it the time I did it, and it amused me."
Reveal some secrets from the profession: How do you work on a new political imitation?
"For me, everything always starts with the voice, that's my key. Only after I recognize the voice can I move on to the rest. I will also not start watching videos of a new character if I do not have a page and a pen, for intuitive writing. The intuition of what I write to myself on first viewing is The key, that’s where it comes from.
”On the day of filming, if I’m lucky and I have a few minutes left in front of the mirror at the end of makeup, it always further upgrades the character.
"Unfortunately, we do not always have this privilege, because we are run into the studio."
A particularly memorable response from an erratic politician? Did you meet a character you played?
"I met Orly Levy outside Ofira and Barko's studio, in the days when I still held her in high esteem. .
It was an exciting encounter.
I think if it had happened today - it would have been less exciting for me.
A response that I particularly remember was from Sivan Rahav Meir, who said that in the imitation I made of her, they watched her at home, a critical family viewing.
The children sat and operated on the mother through the imitation. "A
favorite imitation of all the characters of the politicians in" A Wonderful Land "?
" I love Tom Yaar's Osnat Mark.
She makes me very funny, something in vulgarity and what it takes out of Tom's eyes.
It's great, and it's a great pleasure to watch it from the side. "
Which political character did you like to play the most in all seasons?
" Limor Livnat and Nava Boker.
Nava Boker, mainly because she does not seem to belong to politics at all, as if she was a bit caught up in the situation.
In general, the less self-aware the character is and the more she tries to be aware, the more fun it becomes. "
What was the funniest experience that happened to you in the character's shoot, or in an election broadcast?
" On one of the days of filming, Roi Bar Natan and I had to, as Tzipi And Buji, filming a scene where I transfer water from my mouth into his mouth, in a kind of precise spit.
Can't remember why.
Anyone who knows Roy knows that he is the most Eastnis man in the universe, but also the most total.
So he went into the whole role, and it came out exactly hilarious.
"And there was another story of Tzipi and Boozie, this time on election night. In the election broadcast, some possible scenarios are written in advance, when in the moment of truth, after the sample results, the scenario is realized live. In the 2015 election it was written in one scenario that Tzipi and Boozie kiss a hot French kiss.
"We were in the sense that this was the scenario that was going to happen, and since this morning Roy has not stopped telling me 'wait, how am I going to kiss you, you are going to faint and wake up', and we did not stop laughing.
In the end everyone knows how it ended: that evening we filmed the less glamorous scenario, where Tzipi waits for a taxi after Buji escapes her.
Roy missed the opportunity to show me how he kisses a fad. "Is
there sometimes frustration that the satire is barking and the caravan is passing? That is, that it does not really move politicians?
" I am sure all politicians, without exception, see 'Great Country'.
This is the scariest sight for them.
I'm also sure there are many who do not tolerate the imitation and are scared of it, but say that it is very funny - because this is the way to get the most 'sound' with the thing.
"The fact that we manage to provoke a conversation is the important thing. For example, the sketch we filmed this season about violence against women, and which we called 'Gun in the First Act.' A real gun. It created some kind of shock, that the next day there was not one who did not talk about it. The amount of reactions was extreme.
"These are moments when I am very proud to be a part of the program.
The sketch called 'Allowed to Say', which talked about sexual harassment in the workplace, the gray area of what is legitimate to say and what not, how much the preoccupation with it can be bothersome and self-defeating, and the cynical use of it in this matter - also provoked a debate.
A lot of sketches become the talk of the day, and sometimes even stay long-term and resonant.
To me, this is a significant achievement.
Probably at a time when everything is chaotic and crazy. "
Where would you spend Election Day, if you were not in the show studio?
" Most likely the fire owner with friends, but I'm really waiting for the broadcast every time.
In the last election rounds my characters did not participate in the live broadcast scenarios, and yet I did not give up, and came to see the sample with the friends from the show.
There is something in this experience, to feel the atmosphere of Otto Immigrants for the broadcast, that you do not want to be anywhere else. "
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