Gal Gadot has long maintained Hollywood restraint during Operation The Guardian of the Walls, when her family and friends were bombed in Israel.
Only after weeks did she publish a lukewarm and evasive response to the operation that claimed many victims.
In retrospect, this choice, not to side with Israel in its difficult moments and not to spread the truth that is happening here despite its tremendous power on social media, has paid off.
Both her fans from Israel and her overseas fans continued to follow and love her and the criticism of her procrastination was dismissed as non-existent.
It seems that Sarit Hadad, not Hollywood but successful in Israel at the level of Lady Gaga or Adele, learned something from the diplomatic Israeli with her "coming out of the closet" today (Sunday).
43 years after she was born and a minute and a half after hinting at her "exit", everyone has an opinion on the well-publicized gospel.
The positive opinions claim that it is never too late and that any person joining his status in the persecuted community is fine.
The negatives range from "beauty that was really remembered" and "everyone already knows" and "Big Deal, we're in 2021" and "she hasn't really done it yet, so what exactly is the enthusiasm?".
Her name is Rosh.
Sarit Hadad and Tamar Yahalomi, from the clip
And the truth is that everyone is right, on both sides. Every person who comes out of the closet and lives his life without fear - that is a blessing. It's also true that it's less of a big deal to come out of the closet in 2021 - girls and boys do it with complete confidence already in their teens or early twenties and many times (not always of course, and still) get a warm hug from society, family and of course the community. Although this is far from a consensus, as the issue gains more media visibility, whether due to the community strike after the removal of the surrogacy law from same-sex couples in the summer of 2018 or due to the assimilation of countless community members in a variety of key positions in the Knesset, media, entertainment industry and general. Accepted as normative and accordingly should be less shocking.
Not so when it comes to Sarit Hadad, one of the most beloved and successful singers of all time in Israel, who after decades of suspicion and two pregnancies, puts her head on the shoulder of Tamar Yahalomi, who apparently functions as her partner, and who has also written several love songs for her ("Praying"). "Get out of my head," "Say you're here"), all for men.
And yes, the new hit is also a definite love song from woman to man.
Wait,
a love song for a man?
She came out of the closet with this song, didn't she?
So this is, that about.
That is, as if.
More in the hint.
As they say - it's near.
The lyrics of the song - banality and fatigue in the form of "every moment with
you
wins everything in life", are reminiscent of 95% of the songs of the singer Hadad and / or the author of the song Yahalomi;
The clip - revolves almost entirely around straight relationships, while Haddad herself goes to hug the diamond (in the back, not to call the elders of the tribe God forbid) only at the end.
Those who did not stay until the end even missed the "gospel".
A press release sent with the new clip reads: "Sarit I (Hadad's PR wife, R.I.) has been accompanied for almost a decade, she always chose how and when, always chose who in her life and who did not. Takes the time with a smart smile and says' all Speak in time. "
In other words, for those who do not speak regret - Sarit has not announced anything and nothing worth talking about, she does any things whenever she wants with the people who suit her, just like any other person, provided that luck allows him.
To come out of the closet is to say "I'm gay! I'm a lesbian! Or a duo, or a trans, etc."
To say bluntly "Sarit always chose how and when" is to reinforce a convention that coming out of the closet is something that should be hard to do, that it is against conventions, and that saying it explicitly sounds like a dirty thing.
To come out of the closet really is to come out big and whatever the price may be.
But Haddad carefully considered the price, which in fact she is not yet willing to pay, not wholeheartedly.
Ready, on its own terms.
Sarit Hadad,
Don't get me wrong - we really don't need another cover story about coming out of the closet, nor a tear-jerking docu, no matter how famous you are.
When Ivri Lider did it more than 20 years ago, it was revolutionary, groundbreaking, and proud.
Today celebrities come out of the closet on social media, accept all public relations without effort, and prove that it can be done honestly and openly, without taking advantage of the public relations outlet for a new song, certainly not another song about straight and aligned love as a bar to long-unconventioned conventions.
By not explicitly coming out of the closet alongside taking advantage of the momentum to promote a new (straight!) Song, Sarit Hadad eats the cake and leaves it intact.
With astonishing juggling, Haddad manages to both dance at two weddings and continue to be played at weddings of those who are less connected to a community of which she is supposedly a part.
This "courage" that everyone praises her for had a change of validity many years ago, now much less. The fact that she chose to pair it with a love song for a man, Lord of the Worlds, proves that Haddad is unwilling to take any risk that will hurt her successful career, because of such or other audiences that will be less connected to the gospel.
The usual excuse for all the excessive praise that Hadad receives is being a singer in the field of oriental singing, a field in which it is supposedly still less common to state your inclinations. Well, even in this area they did hone excellent field work, a long time ago. Already in 2013, Omar Adam overcame his knee-jerk reaction and took to the stage of the Pride Parade, with the official Pride Song performed by him - "Tel Aviv". The song quickly became Omar Adam's most successful hit in particular and that year in general (today Monday only for "Two Crazy Ones"). Last year it was Nasreen who contributed her voice to the parade song of pride. Talking about famous Mizrahis outside the closet that broke her way is an unnecessary discussion, after Harel Skaat, Yossi Tsabari, Asi Ezer, Orna Banai, Bat Chen Sabag, Nadav Abkasis, Zeev Nehama and more. Athletes come out of the closet with a full mouth and receive widespread support, both from their teammates and from the crowd. A football referee came out as transgender. Even a former "bachelor" contestant came out of the closet. Strange, like we's in the 2000s or something.
Let's talk about courage.
Sapir Berman, Danny Maron
I do not judge Sarit Hadad.
I have always believed and I still believe that everyone should come out of the closet in their own time and conditions.
But to crown her queen for subtle allusions that still allow her to be in the dark, coupled with PR to sing a strictly straight love song?
This cowardly and hypocritical act deserves no praise, on the contrary.
It only establishes the convention that coming out of the closet is still a kind of taboo in 2021, something disgusting that is better to avoid talking about explicitly.
I do not think there is anything disgusting about being a LGBT person, I am sure that Asi Ezer, Korin Elal, Orna Banai and MK Idan Roll do not think so either.
Sarit Hadad?
It still bears the burden of proof.
Save the exaggerated paragons for those who really deserve it.
