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In the new series of HOT8, Ivri Lider and Prof. Yoram Yuval Chevron Lev examine an artistic and a psychological aspect.
Instead of the two sides of the equation amplifying each other and clarifying each other, the "scientific" charge is used more as an ornament to the songs.
The heart of the story, then, remains at the musical end, and that's not bad either
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Ivri Lider
Yoram Yuval
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Broken Heart
Nadav Menuhin
Monday, 22 February 2021, 08:46
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Meeting between clinics.
Ivri Lider and Prof. Yoram Yuval, "Broken Heart" (Photo: Ohad Keb)
A little over three years ago, I watched an extraordinary performance by Ivri Lider at the Piano Festival.
Appearance is not the exact word.
That is: it was an evening about love, which also included songs, but also many other things - like a lecture by an emotion researcher and conversations with random couples from the audience about their relationship, one of whom even proposed marriage on stage.
In retrospect, it seems that this was the draft of "Broken Heart," the new series by Lider and Prof. Yoram Yuval (who is running for Knesset on behalf of the list headed by Yaron Zelicha), which focuses not on the relationship experience but on dealing with a breakup.
If you connect the evening and the series, you can understand that Lider is invested in trying to understand in depth what nourishes these processes, as one of the lines most identified with him is "it's always love, and it's always complicated."
In HOT8's 'Broken Heart', Lider and Yuval try in three episodes to understand what the emotional, behavioral and physical mechanisms behind that painful feeling are.
Yuval brought in doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists from the science side, and Lider brought in musicians from the art side.
The common and agreed-upon, rather-exciting assumption is that both of these use their tools to express, analyze, and heal these feelings, and that both can help.
Meeting between clinics.
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Leader with Marina Maximilian, "Broken Heart" (Photo: Ohad Keb)
Thus, while the former describe insights and research, the latter - Arkady Duchin, Micha Shitrit, Daniel Salomon, Marina Maximilian, Eden Hasson and Avraham Tal - talk about the successful songs they have written, behind which are their private heartbreaks.
This is an interesting starting point not only for talking about emotions, but in general for how television can intelligently deal with popular music - an interest that is too rare in our districts.
Lider is curious and interested, Yuval is very enthusiastic, and this crystallizes into three short and endearing episodes.
At the same time, to be honest, "Broken Heart" could have been much better than it actually is.
Its structure and script are loose, and it does not really crystallize around a particular thesis or emphasize key principles, but mostly packs together a variety of quotes on the subject, some detached in a way that sometimes reduces them to a superficial and clichéd discussion.
As a result, the "scientific" charge is used more as a decoration for songs, instead of the two sides of the equation intensifying each other and clarifying each other.
This is the real challenge, and "Broken Heart" succeeds in doing too little.
The heart of the story, then, remains at the musical end, and is also reflected in Lider's joint performance with his guests, some of them great ("Avoid You").
So we were left with a sort of "Carpool Karaoke" about Prozac: a likable show with beautiful songs and a bit sad conversations, with a few touches of popular science.
Even on a bad day it is more than most of what is offered around.
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