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Seven Boom: We expected to suffer in the best tradition of Friday comedies, but "What Seven" is definitely fun
Israel Katorza and Mia Dagan's new comedy is far from brilliant, but surprisingly good and may even manage to fill the void of "Sabri Mernan" - a comedy that the whole family can sit and enjoy after Friday dinner
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Israel Katorza
Mia Dagan
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Ben Byron Braude
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 08:27 Updated: 10:48
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No sparks, but this time they are not necessary.
Israel Katorza and Ma Dagan, "Ma Sheva" (Photo: Pini Silok)
Hundreds of thousands of words have already been written about the challenge that lies ahead on Friday evening on Israeli television, the place that is the tribal bonfire in its most explicit sense. I have no intention of adding any more theories of my own, so I'll just do Nim Dropping and send you to look for yourselves: changing the family model, strengthening streaming over linear viewing and taking over tiktok (it's always good to mention tiktok). If so, watching "Ma Sheva", the new comedy created by Ran Dovrat and Avi Belkin together with Israel Katorza, who also stars here in the lead role, must be taken in the context of its broadcast date - Friday night immediately after "Ulpan Shishi" (Keshet 12).
After years of parking in the Friday night sector, "Sabri Mernan" arrived and managed to grow from this placement until it became an all-Israeli hit (which critics like to hate). Her achievements include six successful seasons (two more are already on the way), high ratings in reruns as well, and the fact that convinced us that Tuvia Tzafir and Yehoram Gaon can be part of the same extended family. Request 12 rushed to leverage the success as only they know it, and tried to turn Friday nights into a regular block of comedies for the whole family. Thus, during the break of "Sabri" we were also privileged to receive the "estate" created by Assaf Beiser and Natalie Marcus ("The Jews Are Coming") together with Erez Shalem, and the result was difficult to watch, no less. So to watch the premiere episode of "What's Seven" I came just as I get to my memorizer: "God, please make it not hurt."
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It's a joy.
The children of "Ma Sheva" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
To my great surprise, not only did I not suffer from watching "Ma Sheva", I even enjoyed it, not to mention I laughed out loud once.
Do not get it wrong, this is not a masterpiece in any way, it is likely that if I miss an episode I will not return to complete, but as a Friday night comedy, there is a feeling that not only the heiress was found for "playful explanations" but it even surpasses it in a number of parameters.
At the same time, there are many issues in the series.
These include a rather banal description of the hetero-normative family unit, the ascending view of life in the periphery (the plot takes place in Yehud), which amount to between the playground and the public pool, and the lack of representation of minorities.
But you know how it is, we live in the gap between what is desired and what is found.
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You also need to know from whom and how to copy.
"Ma Sheva" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
The plot is loosely based on the life of Katorza (here he is called my uncle and works as an appraiser), his wife Sorella and their seven children (two of whom also play in the series), on all the challenges involved in raising a large family alongside maintaining a relationship.
Mia Dagan plays Dalit (her daughter Amelia also plays here), Katorza's wife, who at least in the premiere episode works in house management but is expected to return to the job market later.
The relatively small cast (for "Sabri Mernan") also names the mega-talented Yaniv Bitton who plays Avishai - my uncle's best friend.
The dynamics between them are reminiscent of the more amusing moments of the fraternity of men in "Traffic Light."
Ricky Bleich is the new and arrogant neighbor who moves into the building with her husband, the pediatrician, and the excellent Shiri Gadani plays Dagan's young and divorced sister.
The first scene in the episode finds my uncle (Katorza) in the playground with an ultra-Orthodox man next to him, they both call their children to come home, and as expected the list of names is long and stereotypical.
The secular names versus the ultra-Orthodox names are appallingly clichéd, but that's not the point, soon the two get confused and read each other's children's names until they understand the mistake, and look at each other in embarrassment.
It is a short scene, but the statement in it is sharp and precise, it manages to show the similarity through the difference, and there is considerable magic in it.
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Just about two years ago another beloved comedian created a series with an idea reminiscent of that of "What's Seven," at least on paper.
"Nehama" by Reshef Levy and Tomer Shani, which was broadcast live, dealt with a father of five children (Levy) who lost his wife in a car accident and inevitably became a single parent, all against the background of attempts to fulfill his dream and become a successful stand-up comedian.
Katorza and Levy, both comedians from the center of the consensus, took their personal lives and made series out of them, but while Levy combined fantasy, drama and tragedy in his series, Katorza seemed to prefer to stay in his comfort zone - physical situational humor combined with insights from life.
This is really not a bad thing and probably smart on his part, but makes the comparison between the series unfair, there is not here the emotional depths that were in "Comfort".
Another series that can actually be compared to is the popular "Modern Family".
The episode plays a lot about breaking the fourth wall, a customer straight from "Family", my uncle and Dalit talk to an unknown director on the other side of the camera and describe their lives, some of the conversations during daily activities like folding laundry that are really reminiscent of that series.
This 'trick' is very unoriginal of course, but you also need to know how to copy and "Ma Sheva" does it well.
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Young in spirit relative to the slot.
"Ma Sheva" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
It is also worth mentioning the dynamics between Katorza and Dagan, who worked together for quite a few years, including in the "Night Club", but in my opinion playing here for the first time side by side in the two main roles. More than any other genre, comedies require chemistry between the actors (along with precise comedic timing) - for example "close relatives" which has become a mythology mainly due to this and less due to the script. It's hard to say that the sparks fly in the air between Katorza and Dagan, but as someone who embodies tired parents to the seventh, the exhaustion that comes out of them passes here as credibility. Dagan, who often tends to overplay - which has made her an actress who is either difficult to see or very much loved - plays a more restrained role here than usual (similar to the small and precise role she played as a boss in "Headquarters").
After all the good stuff it's still hard to say whether the base of "Ma Sheva", the families who just finished Shabbat dinner, will make it a hit.
It is possible that the trauma from the "estate" still resonates in their memory, perhaps there are those who miss the recorded laughs that are absent here.
She is also younger in spirit than "Playful Sabri", who managed to speak to children and the elderly alike, while "What Seven" appeals mainly to an audience of thirty to fifty year olds who are worried about the mortgage.
Sophisticated viewers certainly would not find themselves here, but even so they would not give it a chance.
To be sure, with your back to the wall, with all the odds against it and while Netflix managed to upload five more new series just from the moment you started reading the article, "What's Seven" turned out to be a good surprise.
And between us, how many good surprises do we already have in life?
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