Adir Miller announced this week that he is interested in ending the “Miller Junction”, and the “Keshet 12” franchise issued a somewhat delusional spokesman’s announcement, in which they announce that they do not really intend to release him: And that this is not the last season of Miller Junction. “
Click here and receive the Maariv newspaper for a month as a gift for new entrants >>>
Throughout the seasons of “Miller Junction” Miller presented an interesting paradox – viewers point to the sign and turn his show into the most watched comedy series in the audience, while critics call the show silly, not funny, and “Sahit”.
What is it about Adir Miller that makes the reactions to him all different between the critics and the audience? Is this simply another case of appealing to the lowest common answer? And will we see another series in the style of “traffic light” and “Miller Junction”.
Excerpt from “Miller Junction”, Video: Keshet 12
To identify and laugh
According to Dr. Amit Lavie Dinur, Dean of the School of Communication at Reichman University: “In many cases, there is a gap between the opinion of critics who deal with the quality of the sitcom and the public who loves humor and connects to issues raised. Adir Miller deals with popular issues. From everyday life and it reveals the contemporary relationship. “It is ridiculous when attributing these qualities matches the feelings of many young men. In parental relationships children see the weaknesses of the parents who are run by their children and sometimes even afraid of them and unable to please them. This reversal exists today in reality and connects young families.”
Dr. Moti Gigi, head of the Department of Communication at Sapir Academic College, adds: “Although the humor of ‘Miller Junction’ and its creator Adir Miller is aimed at a fairly low common denominator and with quite clear and banal points that can be anticipated, it touches on points we all experience in our daily lives. Which probably produces in quite a few people identification and a desire to follow and even laugh at the points. As well as that there is something in Adir Miller that is human and unmediated that is drawn to him and to his true or invented character on screen. Adir himself as a stand-up comedian is much better and funnier than in the series, and all the more so in his improvisational performances. It was always true the gap between critics and viewers. This is true of Adir Miller and true of all borax films. “
“I will start by saying that Adir and Miller and I grew up in the same neighborhood in Holon,” adds Dr. Jasmine Sasson, a lecturer at Manshar and Sapir Academic College. Regardless of their family immigrated from Hungary or Turkey), and therefore, I follow Miller’s work closely. “From his first standup performances in front of local youth movements (the feeling of standing up on stage doing imitations of your math teacher!) Of the way that thanks to the same creator comes to the forefront of the Israeli stage in prime time.”
“I admit that between ‘Ramzor’ and ‘Miller Junction’ he lost me as a spectator,” Sasson adds. “But my professional appreciation remained. The corona performances (by Rotem Abohav in addition) were of great importance, in the deep and distinct comedic sense of: entertaining. At the same time in his show I felt he was swept up in compulsion, for another day of work in the office (the franchise) to please the audience. I moved uncomfortably to racist jokes that he “usually managed to get rid of.”
Limor Crescenti, a former media woman and owner of a current information and public relations management company, adds: “Love it or hate it – to say it ‘is not funny’ is a pretty funny statement. First, about taste and smell, there is nothing to argue about, it is a subjective matter. Second, Adir Miller has established himself in the consciousness as the greatest of the country’s hilarious facts: there is no other Israeli who has made so many Israelis laugh like this in the last decade. “Quite without filters. And that’s exactly the reason for the gap between audience sympathy and critics. While audiences can identify with situations and stereotypes, critics are less forgiving and sympathetic to clichés, ethnic and gender jokes, black humor and more.”
Winning vulgarity
“The conflict that exists among content creators (especially reality creators), between the need for recognition of professionalism and the quality of their works and the need for popularity and success, probably also reached Adir Miller,” says Dr. Matan Aharoni, from the School of Communication at Ariel University. In my opinion, Adir Miller’s programs became more extreme on the one hand in terms of their vulgarity, misogyny, exaggerated acting and lack of authenticity, which viewers are still looking for and it has not been there for a long time, despite the appearance with which the show began. On the other hand, the programs also displayed less and less sophistication and wisdom in favor of the banal, silly and predictable. All of these may invite popularity in terms of the number of viewers, but they are the opposite of the quality content, which creates like a mighty one seeks and can receive. “
A tremendous future
“From what little we know, Miller feels an extraction in this current work. And there is something brave in such a message, more than the reaction of the franchisee who wants to squeeze golden eggs (freedom eggs perhaps?),” Sasson concludes. “The British model of writing for television, offers us a concise number of episodes. Israeli viewers will be surprised to hear that ‘Polti’s Hotel’ had a total of about 12 episodes (about six episodes in two seasons). This is a tight and good writing that respects its creators. “If the franchise wants to enjoy, like the audience, Miller’s work – that it will pay rewards for reruns, or approve it as soon as possible to develop a new series.”
“Adir needs to stop the flow and rethink,” Aharoni recommends. “The last episode aired showed a spark of sophistication required in the shows. Despite the megalomania, it was thanks to his correspondence with his previous texts, quotes and characters. And the audience and perhaps also the critics will appreciate the content more. “