If the couple at "Wedding at First Sight" were attracted to each other as the captive audience was drawn to watch the show, one could say that there is truth in the publicity and that the reality that purports to be a matchmaking program does put the good of the participants before its eyes.
In a reality that is not the plan, we are all working on our eyes.
We are only at the beginning of the season, and already two couples have simply suffered from the attraction of one of them at first glance, only they are not allowed to talk about it.
Like a dysfunctional government that needs layers of make-up to hide the truth, "Khatunmi" hides this simple thing that is supposed to affect single men and women who have just been drawn into a life together: attraction.
We live in an age where "Corona" is upgraded for PR reasons to "Zen Delta", "Restrictions" turn for positive reasons into a "happy character" and biting criticism becomes a warm embrace under the covers, but there are things that do not change, certainly not when it comes to initial attraction.
The concept of "try to fall in love without being attracted to each other" was launched this season with Manor and his partner, the couple who have already had time to cut.
Having already seen how a brave contender (and an equally brave decision to broadcast it) slaps the pair of matchmakers with pure intentions and accusations, bordering on negligence coming from a breach of moral purity coming a conflict of interest come you already understand the direction, came another episode that looks more like a meeting of agricultural land than a plan Reality matchmaking.
Who did not recognize at the entrance to the canopy the disappointment in Hadas' eyes at first, second, third and fourth glance?
Who really needed a scene where they were arguing about who would sleep on some mattress, to realize that without talking about the elephant in the room there is not a single authentic realistic moment worth watching?
"You try to act from a place of gentlemanliness, but it is not consumed here," Hadas Shai sifts, and we have a beauty of an ouch to the promo.
For a reality show that purports to show us life itself (subject to hallucinatory twists, of course) it is absurd to border on eye work.
"Wedding" does not peel off the layers and does not reveal the souls of the participants, it simply puts them in an impossible situation.
An entire episode predicts couples flying to a super-advanced stage in a normal relationship, seeing them on vacations, friends' reunions, apartment moves, and not hearing them refer to what usually constitutes an initial spark for a relationship.
This is a reality TV that is missed by a huge amount - because it does not touch on the most authentic moment it can provide viewers. It could be that "Khatunmi" knows that a relationship that does not start "sits" on the problem of attraction at first sight, so it is all wrapped up in over-emotion, a Hallmark block caresses and the matchmakers' prayers for the couple's success. In doing so, she is trying to sweep under the rug the seemingly superficial preoccupation with the disappointment of non-attraction - because if we picked up such a production for you, and recruited all the psychology and playlists, will you now deal with nonsense that will decide the fate of your relationship?
"Wedding at First Sight" can provide content that justifies the ratings it receives, if it allows its singles to tell the truth. The truth, as Ben and Hadas would tell their guys after they got back from the wedding. So it's true that matchmakers are aware of the destructive potential they can cause to their clean image, but in resuscitation, you've already made a TV that purports to take us into the psyche - at least let us hear what they really think of each other. What is the worst that can happen? Will someone say "I'm not attracted to her"? Someone say "he's not my taste"? To me it actually sounds like a good TV.