"Wedding at First Sight" proved: Gays are also entitled to a terrible matchmaking under the public eye
It took four seasons for Keshet to dare to go out in such a move - to stroke a pair of gay men in a "wedding at first sight."
The episode introduced them to an exciting routine.
The routine of fears, of family reactions ("there seems to be chemistry"), introductory conversations, and even in the silly phrase "all in"
Ofir Sagarsky
22/05/2022
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 08:35 Updated: 08:45
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A proud couple at "Wedding at First Sight" (Rainbow 12)
Murder threats led to the cancellation of the Pride Parade in Netivot, but in Hatmoni - winds of a new era.
For the first time in the show's history, two gay men will meet under the canopy, just like all the straights who preceded them in matchmaking to hell under the public eye.
It took four seasons for Keshet 12 until Keshet dared to go out in this course, and this knowledge is enough to understand that outside the "State of Tel Aviv" the LGBT struggle still has a long way to go. It is easy to underestimate this step, Conveys a clear message of acceptance of LGBT people to the heart of the institution of marriage.
Against the background of Israeli conservatism, even a pair of men under the canopy of "as if" is considered revolutionary.
So who are Khatunami's revolutionary duo?
Get Guy, 39, a potential athlete who decided to make money and went into high-tech.
On the other hand, Matan, 33, the most ambitious dentist you've seen in the IDF and a guy who thinks he's ugly, that is, the finest kind of studs. Something in style.
Among LGBT viewers, they have already begun to whisper about the two's extortion, but a dentist who enjoys his job - quarrying human jaws - is already a potential dexter for me.
To remind you I will only leave here Omri, Season 4, neither forgotten nor forgiven.
Then, it's a dentist who smiles with glazed eyes at the sight of a soldier whose teeth have been broken by the blow of a rifle, and tears at the sound of himself complimenting himself on his dental skills.
The bubble you hear in the background is an underground madness that begs to break out.
Later, the roots of the madness are revealed in the fear of deep abandonment.
Right now this anxiety is graceful and empathetic, but wait - it's going to be intense.
Probably in an encounter with a guy, obsessed with order and cleanliness, fires a serial maid whose even chewing gum boxes are arranged by colors.
In his haunted house Marie-Kondo it suddenly becomes clear the match between them, two anal people (psychological, nu) and pedants, each in his own way, who can get on well with each other at the same time as they are unbearable.
Compared to his shirts arranged by color, hue, cut, first letter and beloved animal, Guy has long been out of the closet, but has undergone a complex process on the way there.
He grew up in Eilat, not exactly a gay-positive environment, and had to hide his sexual orientation throughout his childhood.
On the plus side, a visit to the parents reveals a huge villa.
As a Tel Avivian who moved between one-room apartments with a kitchen in the bathroom, I think a fair amount of square feet could have softened some trauma.
In any case, they are also formed in the center.
Today Guy's dad is already driving him crazy about groom, and there's something comforting about knowing that in the end, no matter who you're attracted to - your parents will swing you to get married.
As Albert Einstein writes, three things are infinite: death, human stupidity, and the pressure of the marriage of an Israeli family.
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Even that is revolutionary.
Guy and Matan, "Wedding at First Sight" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
The grooms approach the psychologist's couch, Matan's open mouth unable to contain any more oxygen to calm the anxiety.
Danny is there to reassure him, and if you ask me, in any way Matan would like.
To the displeasure of Danny Matan returns to be comforted in the arms of his straight friend, and like any self-respecting gay man, Matan also has one who falls asleep with him at night out of an undisguised hope of converting him.
At Guy's Friday meal encodes another solitary image of a new Israeliness: The men of the family, with skullcaps on their heads, cheer for the occasion of the next same-sex wedding.
Seriously wait, this is exciting.
And know what else is exciting?
Ageism.
"Shhh, do not say in front of the cameras," Guy hesitates his father who dares to reveal his legitimate age to all opinions, 39. Through gays I learned that men are also able to feel irrelevant over the age of 30, an exciting solidarity with female oppression.
If we do not all get to enjoy sexy aging, at least we will suffer from it together.
Also in the sector of providing lifts, but in Eastern Europe.
My heart goes out to him.
Giving, I know, is not pleasant.
As Bulgaria Poland believe me, we are all from the same village and we all have folk songs that lack harmony, rhythm or words that deserve translation.
it'll pass.
It also turns out at the meeting that like Guy, Matan also went through labor pains at the exit from the closet, but was eventually received with a full hug and support.
Meanwhile, the connection between them seems promising.
I wish that would happen.
"Am I there all of a sudden? At the wedding?", Danny the psychologist is excited by his appearance in Guy's dream, wondering if by chance Guy was there instead, with Matan, under the canopy.
All in all, it's nice, but say, who for God's sake decided to set up an entire segment on dreams every single episode?
For that we came to three broadcast days a week?
What is it here, time of mysticism?
According to Matan, he experienced an anxiety attack for the first time in his life, a pretty amazing achievement for a Tel Avivian over the age of 30. Danny claims that it is not anxiety but excitement, and Matan is forced to agree with him as his pupils roll back.
"Is he cute?", The groom insists on poor details, and Danny: "I'm very upset about the match."
I wish he would answer only once, for the sake of credibility: "Tachles, there weren't many options left, so we decided to have a good laugh."
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How was he not hurt?
Rinat and Daniel, "Wedding at First Sight" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
It's time to get a glimpse of Rinat and Daniel, and disappointment for the House is heard throughout the house of Israel. If he thinks hard enough for both of them that
Rinat
is attracted to him, it will happen. Rinat does not allow him to stay in this belief for long.
, And this is the third time. "I would instinctively run away," she repeats, in case the message is not clarified enough. Somehow, at least on the face of it, Daniel remains calm. It makes almost no sense. Significant.
The "relationship" between them continues on the steam of Rinat's enjoyment of the attention and the cameras, but even this attraction loses its power.
Rinat does not know how to proceed from here, and is looking for an answer from Danny.
I guess the answer she was looking for was "well, you guys are really crazy nonsense, sorry, go home, get out of the contract, I resigned anyway, who cares."
But Danny, who refuses to provide answers, actually gives one pretty clear, and another: "You're supposed to think from here how you check if this thing has a chance."
Daniel's duplex in Florence is so spacious and beautiful that he manages to make Marina forget the fact of Daniel's existence within it, but then she notices: there is one sleeping space.
And Daniel will also have to sleep, sometime.
They choose the option of an apartment on behalf of the production.
"We are at a stage where we need a little more to connect and maybe even manage to look at each other -", Daniel reassures himself, and can stop the sentence there, but adds: "in a slightly different light."
Somehow, the mating between their dogs manages to be even worse.
Exactly two minutes from the false promise that we will not bite, a sausage - a dog with the name of their place - begins to give a bite job in the main artery of the poncho.
Luckily Daniel returns soon, dividing his body between them and cuddling on touch as Sarinat will never allow him.
"Can I give you a hug?", He tries his luck anyway with the human daughter.
This time she agrees a bit.
This is another opportunity for Daniel to ride it with his well-known hug, also known as a fascination with the world of judo, and an opportunity for us to remind as a public service that every hug has an end.
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This time beware of clichés.
Guy and Matan, "Wedding at First Sight" (Photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
Time for gift exchange, and the straight friend continues to march with giving up to the coveted objection.
What begins with a classic insulting "wedding" gift to Guy - a flower pot from his parents' house - improves with the addition of two bottles of Negroni and a graceful admission of botanical failure that explains the first choice.
In return he receives a Polaroid camera, a dream of every high school girl in love, and a clipboard with clips to complete the hidden youthful dream.
Straight, please learn.
The eve of the wedding is already here, and since gay parents are also, as mentioned, parents, the families gather to gather genetic information and give birth to a child.
In light of the data they conclude that this couple will give birth to tall children, leaving trifles as the conditions of human reproduction.
Among the friends of the groom and the groom, there are already fears of an early acquaintance between them, an inevitable situation when talking about two gays in Tel Aviv.
They march to the canopy against each other, presumably to avoid the "who's active" wish.
To the credit of a groom, that unlike the "size 44" case, in this chapter beware of clichés and treat the subject with the utmost sensitivity and without unnecessary emphasis on the anomalies of the marriages.
We had some stories coming out of the closet, and this is it - these are two people coming into a marriage covenant.
Or some kind of one.
Across the network, many LGBT people have visited the selection of the most "straight" gays available. As a petty straight, but I am actually impressed by the choice for the better. He almost represented us with almost respect at the Eurovision Song Contest, all charming in varying proportions and their dignity in their place.
Next to them there are also gays with a hetero-normative appearance, which is not to say, and they also have a place and a right to express themselves.
Representations of successful communities the more diverse they are, and the more diverse they are, in their power to break stereotypes.
More than that, a choice of two more eccentric characters would likely have drawn exactly the opposite critique.
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"Wedding at First Sight" (Photo: Screenshot, Keshet 12)
Back to the married couple.
Guy was actually happy in the meeting with a familiar face from the grinder, but Matan has not yet landed on the ground and his mouth is open more than ever.
As can be expected from the dynamics that grow between them, it turns out that Matan is the one who was rejected in the past, when mutual friends tried to match them.
Matan has just received the last trigger for his abandonment anxiety, and he faints for another moment, but Guy arrives in time to soften him with his secret weapon - the Negroni.
Hand written on thigh.
There is something exciting about this habit.
In the regularity of the fears, of the family reactions ("there seems to be chemistry"), in the introductory conversations, even in the silly phrase "all in" used by Matan as the program participants for generations and in a song by Hanan Ben Ari at the entrance to the canopy.
Khatunami has come to put the gay couple on the mainstream, and given the first paragraph, she's not there yet.
The eve of the wedding has come to an end, and on the way to the hotel, Guy wonders why they actually matched up.
He already recognizes the anxious mechanism of giving that arises in him due to the question, and immediately reassures: "You are charming in my eyes."
Not you.
From the exchange in the taxi, the explosive encounter between fear of abandonment and fear of commitment is evident, but for now, as Guy concludes, "Fritail."
The prince and prince open tickets to Sicily, wear rings, launch glasses of wine - what a pleasure.
Khatunami, can I retire here, before everything is destroyed?
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