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Manny Asaig: "I lost over NIS 200,000 because of the corona"

The disappointment from colleagues ("I arranged a job for them and they defamed me"), the reluctance of the series' actors to appear in the Shas campaign ("this is not good for the series"), and the injury from the corona ("the film was frozen and I lost over NIS 200,000"). The lead writer of "80s" closes a season and speaks without account

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"The most exciting episode of all the '80s' seasons, which made a lot of people cry, was in the first season, in which Coco seems to win the tutu but this jerk didn't sign the form," says Manny Asaig, lead writer of the hit series "The 80s 80 "of Network 13, who also created it with his brother actor and comedian Shalom Asaig. "It shows how when a person is despicable and ridiculous, that no one counts him or names him, as soon as he wins the lottery and becomes a millionaire for a moment - everything turns upside down. Everyone who mocks him now flatters him."

At what point in your real life did you feel similar hypocrisy on the part of society or industry?

"You broke into an open door. As a lead writer on the 'Laughter at Work' program, I always cheered on other writers, such as 'Brother, I have no job,' I fought to get into the writing system. I was loved and admired. And it turned out it was mostly love that depends. A solid cliff I exaggerated my views and got into political arguments with people. And those I helped started slandering me, calling me primitive and ignorant and everything leftists say about right. And that's after I helped them with their livelihood. Thank God, I had success in the stage world, my whole program became "Cult and received sympathy and a hug. And at the same time, there is a WhatsApp group of writers, and who is outside that group? Manny Asaig. That's how I found out over time. And I found out that people talk about me in this group, with criticism of me and some said 'his brother arranged a job for him.'

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"After I extremized my political views, people I had previously helped find a livelihood began to discredit me, calling me primitive and ignorant and everything leftists say about right-wingers. There is a WhatsApp group of writers, and who is outside that group? Manny Asaig. I found out they say about me. Working'"

Tomorrow (Thursday) will air on Network 13 the final episode of the fifth season of the rating-breaking series. As first reported in Walla! Culture a month ago, despite the network's publications and promos that "The 80s" will go down at the end of the fifth season, there will actually be another and sixth season called "The 90s".

It is puzzling that the network is doing a campaign that creates a false impression that the series will go down while the company already knows that it will continue for another season.

"I respect the network very much, but when it comes to this marketing campaign they know in the network that I did not flow with it and was not enthusiastic about it. Contact me and I snatched all the ricochets - 'Why were you taken down?'. The network was full of curses, they said 'these leftists are taking down You guys because you're right-wing, go to Channel 20, full of them. And all this while I know inside me that the series is not really coming down. They thought of a marketing campaign that would create buzz and arouse interest for the remaining episodes of the season. Look, it was half true that they wrote 'Separate's. "80 'Knowing that the sixth season is the 90's. In any case, I am innocent, not connected to this campaign at all and known as one who opposed it. In any case, Israel and the' 80s' series is a connection since 2013 and it is something that must exist forever." .

At the point where it was claimed that the series would go down, I saw on the network a video of a cute Moroccan elderly woman expressing her disgust at it. "We, the old men, it's our pleasure to see the series," she said, threatening to appeal to Bibi.

"What a cutie. You'd be surprised when we filmed in Netzer Sereni, a classic Ashkenazi kibbutz, an 85-year-old Ashkenazi on a scooter told us the same things, about how much she loves the series. The '80s' crossed sectors. It's very exciting that many Arabs approached me and said they "They really like the series. They say about me that I am a far right, but in this series I brought messages of coexistence that I have not seen in any other Israeli series."

What are we expected to see in the next season of the series, which as mentioned goes into the 90s?

"Jumping five years forward, to 1993. In those years things look different in the family landscape. Shalom, as in reality, knows his future wife in Eilat. Debbie is pregnant. Manny is a discharged soldier, starts working for Bezeq, and knows his future wife Romania. Careers will change. Gidi buys "Grocery and there will be more crazy and cool characters. And another radical change in the lives of rebels."

Last year it became known that an official film based on the series was supposed to be shot this year and out this summer, but due to the Corona crisis, the filming was postponed. For this purpose, a site for raising crowd funding has been set up. "We have decided that we want to produce the film independently, without censorship or castration," the website said. "The goal is to create one of the funniest Israeli films of all time." The creators stated that they also see the film as a social project, and intend to collaborate with the "Community Center Society" and also screen it in peripheral cities where there are no commercial cinemas. All the stars of the series are supposed to participate in the film.

"I finished the script for November-December, and came out Amazing, funny, crazy and different, "says Asaig." In the film, the plot jumps to the 1990s, to the Gulf War, to the first intifada, includes a trip to the Baba Sally revelry, and on the way to accidentally entering a neighborhood in Gaza, terrorists and a whole raid. As I like to do, I merged the real history with the life of the neighborhood. As we progressed, we began to prepare with the pre-filming work, pre-production. This was supposed to be a much bigger production than the series, with a lot more actors. Including Tzachi Noy, who we grew up on, in a pretty significant role. Filming was supposed to start in April-May, and the corona stopped everything. Some external investors also withdrew because of the corona. It's stuck. I was very surprised. With all due respect to next season, I'm waiting for a film that has something special in it. "

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"The Corona stopped everything. The film based on the series was supposed to start filming in April, but was postponed. Some of the outside investors withdrew and got mad. I lost over NIS 200,000 on fallen productions and stand-up shows I write for them.

There was also talk with Habima about a stage version of the series and Habima courted you, why did it not happen?

"Over a year ago, we sat down with Habima, who really wanted to make a musical. It's not that we have anything against Habima, but we thought it would be better to make a film than a musical."

In addition to the rejected film footage, how else did the corona shake your world?

"I lost over NIS 200,000 during this period, on fallen productions and stand-up shows I write for Shalom Asaig, Rotem Abohav, Nancy Brands, Daniel Asaig, Yossi Wieder and Anat Magen Shavu. Everything is currently on hold. The hardest day I had in Corona "Being alone. Being alone at home with the woman in charge, the holiday that from age zero was such a big and happy thing, was awful. Out of depression I went to bed at 11pm instead of staying until 4am. My Romanian wife tried to pamper me with escapes - but she got donuts."

In recent years, you have often been angry with the Israeli Academy of Film and Television for excluding the "80s" from the best comedy category of the Academy Awards. You said of them that they were "arrogant, detached from the people and idiots." In the meantime, the chairman of the academy has changed. Are you still angry with them?

"I'm basically Moroccan. Moroccans get angry, boil and then calm down. A lot of times I write boiling posts, after an hour or two we calm down and download the post. So too with the academy, once a year I boil over for a day or two, when they advertise the candidates and once again we are not on the list, and once again a complete disregard for the taste of the people, I get upset. Then the year goes on and my head moves on to other things. I do not know if I'm still angry, but I still do not forgive them. They have not yet earned Manny Asaig's affection for them because they despise us. I'm not crazy about people who seriously despise you. "

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Along with the great success in ratings, the series has garnered many negative reviews. Which ones particularly upset you?

"I expect critics to be honest, decent and real. At the beginning of this season someone wrote about us only bad, bad and bad. But the series reaches so many viewers, so how do they like what the critics - and some from Walla - defined as something so low, inferior, sloppy And not funny? You have Walla's Salons, who slaughtered us at the beginning of the season, he wrote about the accent. Buena, this is a period series, 30 or something or 40 years ago, everyone then had real accents! All immigration from Georgia in the 1970s had accents, "Including the children, and also the Iraqis. My parents would speak half Moroccan, half Hebrew, a third French. We brought it as a document, you can not criticize us for ethnicity in a series based on the colorfulness and ethnicity that was then. But critics largely underestimate it even before some watched the series." .

Was there a negative review of the series that you actually agreed with?

"First of all, there is no perfect man. This is a work with a lot of eyes that have examined it. There are still glitches and mistakes. If they said in one of the reviews that I 'perpetuate stigmas', then maybe here and there I really deviated. We once brought some character named Crazy Barto, who played a great actor named Yaniv Suissa, who was based on a real person from Tirat Carmel, who today will define her as the spectrum. There is a problem with expression, speech and motor skills. We introduced him as a funny character. We would have fun continuing the series with her but in retrospect we thought she might hurt people with special needs. "So we got off this character. I don't remember if there was a specific critique of this thing, but if there was - I would understand it."

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"Five Seasons None of the critics noticed Peace in the '80s, and suddenly in the' Manaich 'series they are surprised that Shalom Asaig is an excellent actor! He's really a great actor, too bad they only noticed now."

Contrary to many negative reviews about "The 80s", the series "Manaich" of here 11 starring Shalom - has won many accolades. Ariana teaches, for example, an article in Haaretz: "Surprise: Shalom Asaig is an excellent actor."

"All kinds of people like Ariana suddenly discovered Shalom. I'm very happy for him, I always thought he's a great actor, in the '80s he did a humorous role alongside a lot of dramatic scenes, but five seasons none of the critics noticed him, and suddenly "They are surprised - Shalom Asaig is an excellent actor! He is really a great actor, it's a shame they only noticed now. This is an excellent series, it has an interesting story that attracts viewers, and I believe they will buy this series."

As part of the Shas campaign in the Tuesday election, which took place this year, the party uploaded a video in which its chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri, appeared with three actors from the "80s" - Ilan Edri, Daniel Suissa and Liran Yakoti - under their characters from the series . Is it done with the consent of Shalom and the production? Maybe there is a point in a flaw in recruiting the series for one party that not all of your viewers watch?

"The actors did not really ask for it in an orderly manner from the production. By and large it was a private initiative of these actors, who did not go through all the processes that are usually supposed to go through. If they had asked in advance for production and peace, I think he would object. Because Shalom does not want a political identity. "From the series we say we were in Begin's Likud. I personally would not want a political campaign with characters from the series, because it is not good for the series. By the way, you will be surprised, we have some actors who are left in the series."

You spoke sharply against the big wave of protests in front of the prime minister's residence.

"The protests in Balfour are politically net, tending to make a coup, anarchy, undoubtedly funded by bodies like the New Foundation, the Wexner Foundation and all sorts of hostile foundations, Yair Lapid and Ehud Barak, it is simply a clear anti-Bibi protest "The golden calf. It's transparent, every child sees and understands. The left has lost it."

You beautifully recite the Balfour message page, and say full of things some of which are simply not true. This is a popular protest, and I remind you that Netanyahu's voters were also hurt by his failure to deal with Corona.

"I do not really believe that there are Netanyahu voters there. There are reality distorers, some of whom are funded, who say that they are Netanyahu voters. Those who are in trouble because of the corona - do not come to Balfour. Others have expressed their pain and distress. The left has proved that it has lost big, when Bibi brought a crazy historical agreement, which has a great message for the future of the State of Israel. They despise and disregard a peace agreement with an Arab state that is important because many on the left are used to giving up a peace agreement. "Jews. And Bibi, the most genius statesman, even more than Begin, brings an agreement without giving up anything."

This development vis-à-vis the UAE is certainly positive. But let's be precise - you are wrong when you define it as "peace for peace", assuming that because it is more catchy than the "understanding document towards the normalization of relations in exchange for a waiver of annexation of territories".

"This is peace in exchange for a classic peace. This annexation, regardless of peace with the Emirates, was clear that it was going to be delayed because of the corona. One of Bibi's mistakes was to mess with annexation before the second wave he did not expect. This peace agreement is important for the State of Israel. You are Bibi to history and nothing will help them. "

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"The actors from the series who participated in Shas' election campaign did not ask for approval from the production. If asked, I think Shalom would object, because he does not want a political identity at all. This is not good for the series "

At the end of last month, we were informed that the Northern District Attorney's Office had closed the investigation file against the mayor of Tirat Carmel, Aryeh Tal, and against his deputy and deputy - Maurice Asaig, the brother of Manny and Shalom Asaig. This is after Aria and Morris were questioned on suspicion of receiving anything fraudulently. As part of the affair, Shalom Asaig was also questioned in a warning, following services he provided to several local authorities, including Tirat Carmel. According to the suspicion, the municipality of Tirat Carmel purchased an educational project that established Shalom, and the purchase of the project was promoted by his brother Morris without a tender as required by law. The project deals with the online study of a variety of subjects for middle and high school students. After the case was closed, Manny Asaig wrote on his Facebook page, along with a photocopy of the verdict, that "great damage was done to the good name of the family, and of course I did not sleep unfortunate nights for the terrible injustice."

"It really was a real nightmare. Others will testify. Our name was harmed, we worked for years, cared for people, supported people, behaved fairly and honestly. My brother Morris accidentally got into politics because they pushed him, and in politics you buy enemies automatically. And those enemies are looking for any way to attack. And the problem is that when there is an investigation, there are automatically huge headlines in the newspapers - "Hello Asaig interrogated under warning!" But about the case closure they hardly wrote or wrote only in small print. Some do not know about the case closures, and it is a big pain that the name was hurt. "A special Thanksgiving meal, we brought a rabbi from Beit She'an, who made us a special blessing. It was a celebration for us. Our name is pure and clean."

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Will another thirty years make a series about the 1920s, or because 2020 is so sucky with the Corona - will you give up the pleasure?

"By and large my head is full of stories, I have a bit of a scratched brain. It's proven - I'm taking a seroxet pill. You can do a series on the damn 2020 year. How much trouble there is this year. Including the horrible death of Kobe Bryant. It all drained this year. "With two years with the help of the name, we will look back on the year 2020 and say how we managed to survive it, and how good we are today. I sincerely hope that we will be much more united than we are."

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