New Reality Show Criticizes Host Assi Azar's Show for Pacing and Cinematography
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
A review of the new reality show "Who Wants to Start?" on Channel 12 criticizes its pacing and cinematography, despite addressing serious mental health issues. Critic Tali Shtakelberg found the rapid transitions and dense content overwhelming, making the 42-minute episode feel rushed and exhausting. The show's camera work, featuring constant movement, was also criticized as amateurish and potentially causing motion sickness. The program features participants discussing anxiety, hypochondria, and personal struggles.
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- Critic Tali Shtakelberg found the new reality show "Who Wants to Start?" unclear and exhausting.
- The show features participants discussing anxiety, hypochondria, and personal mental health struggles.
- Shtakelberg criticized the program's rapid pacing and dense content for overwhelming viewers.
- The show's cinematography, with its constant camera movement, was deemed amateurish.
- The 42-minute episode's pacing did not effectively utilize the allotted time, according to the critic.
- The program airs on Channel 12 and is hosted by Assi Azar.
A review of the first episode of the new reality program "Who Wants to Start?" on Channel 12 suggests that while the show addresses important topics like anxiety and hypochondria, its execution falls short. Critic Tali Shtakelberg found the program's message unclear, despite featuring individuals discussing personal struggles with mental health, including Einav Boblil's history with psychiatric care and cancer fears, Omer Nudelman's battles with self-destructive thoughts and impostor syndrome, and Eli Stein's experiences with flight anxiety.
While the show included a segment where participants' partners guessed quotes about them, highlighting both understanding and gaps in empathy, Shtakelberg felt the rapid transitions between topics and the sheer volume of content crammed into the 42-minute episode were overwhelming and exhausting for the viewer. The pacing, she argued, did not effectively utilize the allotted time, despite the importance of each statement.
Further criticism was leveled at the show's cinematography. Although the use of a circular track for cameras was innovative, the constant movement of the cameras during filming reportedly caused motion sickness for the critic. Additionally, the camera work led to frequent instances of individuals entering others' frames, which was deemed amateurish for a program on a channel with significant history and budget. The critic also humorously suggested the camera angles might have been intentionally used to obscure parts of host Assi Azar's body.