There has to be a really good reason to take Hitler for ridicule "Khatunmi"

Humor is a cure-all for even the most painful wounds, but to play with the hardest taboo of all requires justification, and there is no justification in the "wedding" sketch of "The Jews Are Coming."

This is an empty Holocaust joke.

Precisely because of the huge comedic talent that explodes here everywhere, it's a big miss

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28/03/2022

Monday, 28 March 2022, 10:54 Updated: 11:15

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Ten years ago it might have caused a great stir and great anger, but in the flood of images, violence and dizziness, an extraordinary sketch of "The Jews Are Coming" featuring Adolf Hitler - the leader of the Third Reich and a man responsible for killing millions, as a participant in the program - passed relatively quietly. The "wedding at first sight" matchmaking.

As we wrote here with the rise of the fifth season, the feeling is that this time the writing team, which has managed to upset quite a few people, this year raised the stakes regarding the collective scars that Israeli satire leaves aside, and this time every taboo becomes a musical.

Admittedly, "The Jews Are Coming" (here 11) has also known in the past to touch on the Holocaust, for example in Oscar Schindler's brilliant sketch from the previous season, which showed so cleverly how satire can deal with a subject that has nothing really funny about it.

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Reduced to a man in uniform.

"Hitler" in "Khatunatsi" (Photo: screenshot, here 11)

This time, in a rather extreme turn, this theme is actually mixed in the prime time of Channel 12. In the take on the promo of "Wedding at First Sight", an excited bride (Shira Naor) arrives at the canopy and meets the intended groom for the first time Heavy German (Maayan Blum).

As happens on the show from time to time, while the stunned bride does not find herself at the event - the groom Hitler is actually happy and excited, sure he has found the one and dances to the sounds of "Our brother is getting married" by Eyal Golan and Itai Levy.

The shocked bride complains to psychologists Danny and Yael who lead the program (Yael Sharoni and Ido Musari in simply amazing roles), who - well - matched her with Hitler, while ignoring the problem and seeking to "put other things on the table".

Hitler himself also arrives on the psychologists' couch, recounting that he is not used to going to bed angry "and waking up to a lamented face."

Here, too, the psychologists mumble some cliché about the quarrel over the honeymoon and the advice from the late father. , And the comedic timing is perfect.

The sketch highlights the Israeli obsession with weddings embodied in the show, which expects single women to compromise even if the partner is the worst man imaginable.

It is of course - and perhaps most importantly - also a "protest" against the failed adjustments of the program production over the years between such different spouses and with such different expectations.

Above all, it's just a great parody of "Wedding at First Sight," which is basically why this sketch is so problematic.

The joke is built on getting out of context, so it's funny.

Like three children standing on top of each other in a coat and costume and finding themselves among adults, Hitler too of course does not belong here.

But equally it could have been Genghis Khan, the evil Haman or Christopher Columbus.

It does not matter here that Hitler is who he is.

We relish the bastard character in a ridiculous context, but she is actually almost unrelated to herself.

There is nothing in her text that mentions who she is.

In other words, to put it on the table, in the absurd world of images of current pop culture Hitler is ultimately a punch in a sketch about "marriage at first sight."

The program is the annoying and painful subject, it is there just by chance.

And so in fact, not only does this sketch not really touch on the Holocaust, he just uses it as an ornament, reduces it, erodes its meaning.

Hitler with the Hawaiian necklace it looks ridiculous, but is an excuse to laugh at "wedding" and not the other way around.

The joke behind it is also limited, because its specific characteristics are too painful and the writers have avoided touching them.

He was reduced to a uniformed man with a scary symbol, joking about someone else.

Humor is a cure-all for even the most painful wounds, but to play with the hardest taboo of all requires justification, and justification is not here.

This is an empty Holocaust joke.

Precisely because of the immense comedic talent that explodes here everywhere, a "wedding" sketch is a miss.

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