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"Wonderland" Special: A kicking satire, a guest who stole the show and the big star that no one knows
Roi Bar Natan did Roni Gamzo better than the Corona projector himself, Yaniv Bitton stole the show with an equally perfect imitation of Avishai Ben Haim, and one innocent sketch managed to give him a strong kick to the soft underbelly.
Still, there is one person who currently deserves more compliments than the entire cast of "Wonderland"
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Wednesday, 09 September 2020, 08:40
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Three years ago, actor Yaniv Bitton appeared before a Walla!
Culture to talk about the cult program "The Jews Are Coming."
He told columnist Guy Ben-Nun that he replaced Roi Bar-Natan in the cast of the show at the last minute, when the latter joined the winning team of "Great Country".
This is not the only time that Keshet's entertainment program has been mentioned in the same article.
The comparison between "Jews" and "Eretz" hovered around this interview, which reading it today becomes very ironic.
"There are things I think, walla, it's a pity it didn't make a mess of it anymore," Bitton said at the time, "I love these messes and provocations, it's a good thing overall."
Nearly three years later, when the Broadcasting Corporation was forced to file a complaint with the police following explicit threats of physical harm to the show's actors, it's not certain that Bitton still thinks messes are a good thing at all.
Last night, Bitton completed the circle and appeared for the special of "A Wonderful Land" as a special guest, in an equally perfect imitation of Avishai Ben-Haim.
Sorry, Dr. Avishai Ben Haim.
The imitation, which began as Bitton's personal obsession on social media, is the physical embodiment of the Spanish poet Yehuda Alharizi's claim that "we became a man in our image as our image" (just a reminder that anyone can take a quote from a wise Jew and do as he pleases).
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What is he actually telling us?
Yaniv Bitton as Dr. Avishai Ben Haim, "A Wonderful Land" (Keshet screenshot 12)
From the moment Bitton entered Kitsis' studio, it was clear he needed to call the police - the show was stolen.
It was Gaelic violence for everything.
The basic imitation that Bitton had already shared with his followers was so successful, and the writers of "Eretz" had no choice but to clothe him in a dialogue between him and Kitsis.
The result was wonderful.
It was a perfect imitation in terms of mimicry, makeup, voice cutting - and of course: the reflection of the contempt that Avishai Ben-Haim has on the common sense of the people who listen to him.
Sorry, Dr. Avishai Ben Haim.
The comparison between "the Jews are coming" and "a wonderful land" is problematic.
Molly Segev's comedy has to deal with a finger on the pulse in the face of the events of the hour and the heroes of the hour, making it a product with a much shorter shelf length.
In contrast, the sketches of "The Jews Are Coming" only get better over the years, becoming a cult that can be repeated from time to time.
But the bottom line is that there is no doubt at all which of the series affects the daily discourse in Israel more, what boost to public recognition a person who is imitated in the program receives, and what a foothold it is for a local comedian to participate in it.
At the professional level, Bitton is completely there.
His talent has never been questioned.
His range ranges from Shakespearean roles in the theater to Shosh Atari in Aramaic, and it does not look like he is going to stop anytime soon, and it is good that he has.
One can only hope that the supra-temporal cult moments he provides to public broadcasting will not be stopped following pressure from desperate politicians trying to appeal to an imaginary base.
And in my dream, his guest appearance in "Wonderland" will become more permanent.
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Witchcraft.
Uri Leizerovich as Adir Miller, "A Wonderful Land" (Photo: PR)
Eretz's 'news panel' clips continue to be the relatively weak part of the evening, with a reminder that there is really no way to ridicule characters like Osnat Mark - simply because the original is hilarious from any imitation.
Once again Mariano Bibi's cunning and a liar, once again Netanyahu of Alma Zack sings psychotic and miserable, and once again Miri Regev of Samu is loud and stupid.
Even the ridiculousness that is so justified that Lior Ashkenazi instills in the character of Bnei Gantz begins to feel repetitive and tiring.
In contrast, Roi Bar-Natan made Roni Gamzo better than the Corona Projector himself.
On the way, and thanks to Bennett's return to life in the polls (remember that last year they parted ways with his character on the show?) One of the funniest characters of Eran Zarchovich returned to the forefront of the stage.
The corona version of "As Long" by Ali Mohar Zatzokal and the Rebbe Yoni Rechter of the IDF was no less marvelous, in idea and execution. The F-35 plane. The two musical pieces were a reminder that "A Wonderful Land" knows how to bite when needed, but it was actually a short sketch about tourism in Eilat that would enter the pantheon of Israeli satire.
One of his funniest characters.
Eran Zarchovich as Naftali Bennett, "A Wonderful Land" (Rainbow screenshot 12)
Alma Zack in the role of News Journalist 12 Lee Naim started with an expected (and weak) joke about the journalist's name.
Later, she began interviewing young people who spend time in a hotel in Eilat, and from here what looks like an innocent sketch becomes a sharp and poignant indictment of Israeli rape culture.
For the first time in Israeli prime time, the rapists from Eilat and the "good boys" Maya Napa are brought together in one box with Eyal Golan, Maccabi Tel Aviv footballers and even Uri Zohar.
It is interesting to note that Eyal Golan's character in the sketch mentioned the respect the "national singer" received in the Knesset after the case against him was closed, while not only our House of Representatives but Keshet 12 also aired a season of the program "Eyal Golan Calls You" after the affair. Against spring. "
Either way, it was a brave and important decision by the people of "Great Country."
It's a sketch that changes the rules of the game, one that you don't laugh at, but stand at home and applaud.
A sketch that should be shown in schools.
A sketch that should be shown to judges in the courts.
Precisely after this strong blow to the soft underbelly, "Eretz" decided to sign the special with a particularly weak sketch of the Hasi River.
The effort not to take sides in this complex struggle has made the whole sketch ridiculous and pointless.
Both sides were presented with an equal degree of ridicule.
On the one hand the kibbutzniks were portrayed as greedy, racist and xenophobic in an extreme way, and on the other hand protesters were portrayed as baboons just looking for a new place to destroy with rubbish and barbaric behavior.
Well done, sometimes you also have to ridicule the "extremists on both sides" without a real statement.
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A sketch that changes the rules of the game.
Alma Zack A Pleasant Tool, "A Wonderful Land" (Rainbow Screenshot 12)
In small
For years the reviews of "Great Country," including the author of these lines, have been somewhat reluctant.
After 17 seasons and more than 300 shows it's hard to come up with too many claims against Molly Segev's extensive work, even on days when satire is less biting, characters are less fresh and punches are less working.
The special that aired last night was extraordinary in that sense.
It usually takes seasons to get started and so the first few episodes are less powerful.
This time, perhaps because the machine still remembers the last round that ended three months ago, it was polished to almost perfection.
Along the way, we were reminded of how "land" is so important in its very existence.
And it may be that before the compliments to the mighty actors and witty writers should be given huge credit to a woman named Liat Sheinin, who probably most who read this article at the moment do not even know what she looks like or what her role in power is.
So like that, right when Ronnie Gamzo walked into the studio yesterday did you think for a moment that it really was Roni Gamzo?
Is it true that there was a moment when you tried to figure out whether it was Roi Bar Natan the genius or that Roni Gamzo just decided to show sportiness and excessive self-humor and participated in a skit that laughs at his expense?
so no.
This is where the make-up artist Liat Sheinin enters the picture, who through truly unimaginable talent is able to turn one person into someone completely different.
Her magical powers reached a climax last night with the stunning imitation of Uri Leizerovich, who became a double of Adir Miller for everything.
The mehadrin will mention that a few years ago this spell was already done on Udi Kagan, who also contributed a miraculous imitation of Miller.
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Did you think for a moment that this was the real thing?
Roi Bar Natan as Prof. Roni Gamzo, "A Wonderful Land" (Keshet screenshot 12)
In the end the gestalt of "Great Country" is characterized by a combination of talents from all parts of its team, and without the amazing talent of Liat Sheinin and her friends behind the scenes it would just have looked different.
This should perhaps serve as a reminder that in the last six months many of the least known people in the entertainment and cultural industry in Israel have been in real distress following the Corona plague.
The staff, the photographers, the lighting, the mix, the soundmen, the video editors, the musicians, the actors, the dressers, the ashtrays - an entire industry of hundreds of thousands of workers who are in a state of almost inhuman uncertainty.
"Great Country" is just one example of how much we need this industry alive and kicking, and not dying and humiliated as it is today.
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