Wedding (Wedding, Sagittarius 12)
Hone the imitations of the psychologist Yael, prepare the eyes for hours of fruit and beach photography, cook the collective rage towards a random seasonal dosh - "Wedding" back for a sixth season. After a season that relied on the innovation of an oversize bride, the promos prepared us for a new kind of amazement - an "older" bride. That is, in a legitimate gap for all intents and purposes between a man and a woman, only this time it is the woman who is a little older, and not the man.
This season we were also renewed with a new match for Yael, Dr. Gilad Horowitz, who spent five whole seasons learning how to state the obvious and dismantled all the artillery in the first five minutes of the program. Speaking of early discharge, we also got a glimpse of the best conflicts that lie ahead, which actually exposes the brides and grooms. A collection of seemingly moving but so familiar moments that for a moment one could be confused into thinking they were taken from previous seasons. Against this background, the voice of Yael the psychologist - who compares couple acquaintance to conception and childbirth, to make sure that we started at minus 50 degrees sex appeal. This collage doesn't exactly make you want to keep watching, but don't judge too soon. We will have more than enough time to judge later.
This time on the bride's side appear two identical twins - Shiran and Einav, 35 - which quickly turns out to be a gimmick, because one of them quit during the screening process. So we were left with Einav Kfir, who abandoned a future in accounting for teaching and gave up money for meaning. She is served Raz Eitan, 31, a musician who sings to the neighbor's grapes, and the two meet over the background of names suitable for publishing books and matching personalities. "Raz is a secret, and it's time to peel it off," Yael sings, continuing her poems of thin codes to Einav as well: "You reveal to us secrets and thin ones of your inside." Wink wink. Oh, Yael Yael, a never-ending end-of-year speech.
A new match. Maayan, Gilad and Yael (Screenshot, Keshet 12)
If in previous seasons it seemed that "New Love" was the less successful sister of "My Wedding", today, in my opinion, the balance has changed. In some ways, today "New Love" overtakes "My Wedding" in the round. Sure, it's a lot less polished and tight, but it delivers exactly the dose of escapism you'd expect in trash viewing. Keshet 12 executives would probably be freaked out at this statement, perhaps even comparing them to a Network 13 program, but that's exactly the point. While "New Love" is aware of its genre and embraces it, "Wedding" insists on calling itself a "reality docu." She flies on herself a bit like the sister born ten minutes before her twin (did you see what I did here? Yael the psychologist, behind you), and takes herself with the abysmal seriousness and self-importance of older sisters that over the years becomes exhausting and annoying.
"Wedding" insists on sticking to its templates and it has quite a few disadvantages, but also some advantages. To its credit, couples emerged from it (some survived longer and some less - as in life, but dated), and its characters are more committed to the concept and therefore also go deeper into the heart. Only they do it so slowly. This slowness stems not only from the editing but this time also from the casting, of two matchmakers who are sweet enough to be closed within themselves and difficult to peel off. Still, I give them a chance.
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On the verge of fainting. Raz (Screenshot, Keshet 12)
Some bridal and parent-sponsored crying, and forward to the marriage stands. Raz is on the verge of fainting, but lucky to have friends in times of trouble: "I hope he doesn't faint. It would be embarrassing." This is the traditional time for the exchange of useless gifts, and this time: Einav receives a jukebox, Raz - a film camera. Say, where do you store all this garbage? Do you ever do a yard sale? These gifts tell the contestants something heart-wrenching. I mean, besides their fondness for the flea market. Both of them, Raz and Einav, have romantic fantasies from the beginning of the last century, and both feel that the last chance to fulfill such a fulfillment is in reality TV 2023. In a way, that's true, because there's no doubt that the editors there are going to celebrate on the sound of the box.
The event begins weighing thirty tons on Raz's grandmother, who looks shocked as if she first started TikTok and fell for a mockbang video. "The bride is 35 years old," whispers Raz's guardian – and that ends the drama on which the entire episode rests. A bit of embarrassment, giggles, babble bathed in the light of an ultra-alternative rabbi who graduated from an acting course, and lo and behold, we have come to this time: the bride and groom sit down on the bridal couch to announce a flight to the Seychelles. I'm happy for them, it's easier to be silent in front of a pineapple platter. Precisely because of this shameful clumsiness shared by both of them, this connection seems good, even if Einav seems a little more hesitant. After all, only they have the hallmark of robot dance, for them and for every millennial nerd in the world.
Get into the heart? Einav (Screenshot, Keshet 12)
So, the sixth season of "My Wedding" opens with a sweet and sleepy first episode that doesn't do much to innovate, excite or surprise. There are no colorful and wacky characters, but maybe some that will enter our hearts. The format remains exactly the same, perhaps because you don't replace a winning horse, even if that horse is tired and already over 40 and dies for children. "My wedding" is not a "new love" and does not want to give us everything at once, but to creep into our hearts step by step. Einav, for that matter, had already begun to make her way to my stale heart, in a scene that revealed her complexity in front of her mother. She may be an introvert, but you see everything about her, and her transparency vibrates from afar. The relationship with her as a character viewer is such that we will need patience for him. At the same time, let's hope that the production will be able to balance these two with some campy material for the soul in the next episode. After all, getting excited is fun, but for quality drama let's go back to "Walls of Hope."
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