I really wanted to go into the '80s, but Rebekah, it's so bad

I wanted to love the '80s. I wanted to get out of the constant stench of sour TV critics who can't enjoy a bit of simple, uncomplicated humor. I wanted to interrogate, to say that it had something beyond sectarian jokes, beyond the nostalgia milking, beyond the lowest common denominator. But it is impossible

I really wanted to go into the '80s, but Rebekah, it's so bad

Every season seems to have the TV show that makes it an easy target for critics' ridicule, but it's hard to think of a show that has suffered more venomous reviews than "Friday with a Container." Surprisingly, and inversely proportional to the amount of slime visitors are subjected to by critics, Michal Zuartz's modest hospitality program from the early 2000s earned a decent rating, probably in comparison to the first X-1 broadcast. Failed to compete with her surprising success.

You can count two running series competing for the title of Heiress of "Friday with a Container" on the title of "The series the people love but critics just can't digest." One is "Sabri Marnan" of Rainbow 12, and the other is "The 80s" of Rainbow 13. Both have a large and talented cast of actors and both have a loyal audience who are not really excited by the tough reviews the programs have received over the years. The difference is that the creators of the '80s have often decided to respond in a manner that is, to say the least, to criticism voiced against the program. It was as elegant as it sounds, including Facebook posts against the former TV critic of the site you are currently browsing.

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His texts, Jesus Christ. Shlomi Koriat, '80s (screenshot)

The 80s Season 5 (Photo: Screenshot)

With this baggage, I really wanted to love the '80s. I wanted to get out of the constant stench of sour TV critics who can't enjoy a bit of simple, uncomplicated humor. Not every comedy needs to be as deep as "Bojak Horsman", as sophisticated as "Family in Disorder" or as innovative as "Louis". On the contrary, you can sometimes enjoy even more of a simple and classic sitcom like the "Goldbergs" celebrating that decade that is more fun to remember than it was to live.

I didn't want to be another condescending critic to annoy the creator Manny Assage, whose love for his "Baby" is sincere and noteworthy. I wanted to say, I want to say that it has something beyond sectarian jokes, beyond the periodic milking of nostalgia, beyond the lowest common denominator. I wanted to see it as the colorful mosaic that distinguishes the State of Israel in general and the periphery in particular. I wanted to fall in love with the colorful characters, in such Israeli terms that I grew up myself. I quickly realized that unfortunately, really unfortunately, it just wasn't going to happen.

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The level of repression did not improve. "80s" (screenshot)

The 80s Season 5 (Photo: Screenshot)

Even with the opening of the "double episode" announced by Tamar a peace man at the conclusion of the main news edition (the second episode was a replay, thanks to Network 13 for another evening of respectful treatment for your viewers) it was understandable that even after a few years in the air, the level of repression did not exactly improve . And here, without censorship, a genuine dialogue that took place at the beginning of the episode between Prosper (Manny's father and Shalom Asayg, played by the latter) and the rebuilt neighborhood offender Shuki Halabi (the excellent actor Herzl Toby):

Prosper: "This is how it is in life, once you are up and once you are down."

Milky: "Like a bunk bed in prison."

Prosper: "Well, that's a lesser example."

Dairy: "But I am in garbage time. I came to eat the skull, the expenses were over. I spent only this week spending thirty thousand on the bail of my sister, Danny's bail."

Prosper: "Rina's son? What, she has a little boy in kindergarten, doesn't he? Five, four?"

Dairy: "Five and a half. Knocked to the aid bag, jumped him outside the garden. He must have been a sandbox informant with him."

Sometimes you can enjoy a simple sitcom. Not this time. "80s" (screenshot)

The 80s Season 5 (Photo: Screenshot)

The embarrassment of watching such a dialogue is dwarfed by any attempt to present the program as a refreshing time capsule. It is difficult to understand who is the same audience who enjoys this type of writing unless the audience in question is made up of preschool children, who may mistakenly think this dialogue is amusing. It is impossible to deceive when it comes to humor, and this kind of careless writing at best and immoral at worst should not even reach prime time. These are texts that should be shelved, not at all to incorporate a Shakespearean actor at Toby's level reciting them in front of the camera.

If you look for a refined example of the comic failure of the '80s, you can find it in the insular figure of Rebel, played by Shlomi Koriat. Beyond extreme sectarian stereotypes that may have existed in the Carmel bubble in the 1980s, it is hard to understand what exactly drives this character, who became one of the most popular and identified with the series. Curiat is a formidable comedian and a talented actor, who can play as diverse roles as he has proven before, and watching him in the '80s is simply embarrassing. With the exaggerated accent, the feminine tone and slang that feels about as authentic as his wig can still be done - but the texts, God the texts. It's embarrassing to imagine the moment when the cast, which is made up of a few veteran and talented actors, takes the script into its own hands and goes over the lines written for it (Evelyn Redeemer, double down if you want us to come and rescue you).

Lilach Wallach's critique, published as the series aired in 2013, jumped at the peacekeeping of Shalom and Manny Assage. "The '80s' appeals only to those who love anachronistic, low-commissioned humor," its headline reads. After more than six years and five seasons, you can already admit that Wallach was wrong. It's not an anachronistic humor, it's just bad humor. The problem in the '80s is not the lack of perspective, shallow humor, sectarian stereotypes or lack of sophistication. The problem is much simpler: it's a funny comedy, badly written and usually embarrassingly executed. But Walla, the ratings went around so what do we understand, eh? Maybe one day we will find out that "Friday with Michal" was actually a fine program.

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