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Where have the satire programs in Israel gone? | Israel today

2021-10-27T06:50:02.992Z


Since the formation of the new government, there has been no satire program on Israeli television. • Is this part of the umbrella of its media assistance to the government?


Wow, did you see the sketch of a great country where Bennett (Zarhovich) turns his back on Putin, and throughout the meeting he is more interested in knowing if all the Israeli media came, if Dana Weiss is not cold, and if Sefi Ovadia's chair is comfortable for him?

Well, the sketch with the ripping ending in which Elkin falls asleep with snoring in Putin's face in a perfect imitation of Yaniv Bitton?

Didn't you come across this?

Okay, so you saw the monologue in which Schlein slaughtered Elkin, who fell asleep on the bag from Rami Levy?

What about Tom Aaron who sang them a lullaby, did you come out?

Wait, not even the ping pong being pushed between Erez and Katorza on Friday?

What will you see?

Since the formation of the change government, there has also been a strange change on the screen: there are no satire programs in Israel.

None.

Invested programs that dealt with the conflict between right and left and between politicians and the public, have disappeared as if they were not there, or they are not burning to return so quickly.

So it's true that "Eretz" will be back during the holidays and in November, but "Gev HaUma", "So Far" (due diligence: I was part of the right-wing panel on the show), "Tom Aharon" and even "This is not a Friday studio" - not at the event.

Since the formation of the new government, the current affairs it has produced have not had a satirical counterpoint, and this is a fact worth examining: Is it not burning for franchisees to pick up a plan that will clash with their work?

Or is it the public that has indicated on the sign its desire for less biting criticism and more costume programs and / or the preparation of beetroot polenta?


The satire programs in Israel are a powerful mental tool for ridicule prime ministers, crush powerful politicians, and dismantle political combinations when they squeak.

All the current business that the government has been going through since its inception is almost without a trace of criticism.

The problem is twofold: satire also shapes the political consciousness of the entire "uninvolved" stratum, those who prefer to consume their news from running gags at the Kitzis and the Schleiners, rather than from interviews and panels at Udi Segal and the Kushmeroz.

One has to check whether under the auspices of its media aid umbrella the government wins, franchisees are not important enough to bring back to the screen even one satire program (except for Molly Segev's entertainment rating machine), or whether the blame is at all on the audience not producing the "bottom" demand.

It is not clear why no franchisee or public broadcasting corporation is in an urgent need to produce a show in the most requested genre, a genre of written and quality content that has influenced our lives since the days of "head cleaning".

Or the real reason is that now that Bibi is out we really have a great country so it's awfully hard to do satire.

The difficulty can be understood.

Lech will now explain to the writers that for 12 years only Netanyahu and his entourage have dismantled the elements, how to write about his successors, but to the point that it will really hurt them.

The same problem is faced by satire in America, which enlisted the Arsenal arsenal to overthrow Trump, and now has to criticize Sleepy Joe.

There, too, criticism bites at the level of a fuzzy poodle made of anesthetics, and yet, the number of satire programs has not dropped.

The television industry in Israel apparently blames the audience but enjoys riding on that excuse, which allows the new tenants in the Knesset to crystallize quietly.

On second thought, it might be better to have no satire when we see where the core of the media is.

How stingy can there already be a sketch about Bennett basting, and that Torch is a responsible adult?

Who wants to see two people at the fountain say to each other "Come on bro, have you seen how a great country tore up the government for being too cohesive?"

Source: israelhayom

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