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Jul 12, 2016
Amazons, episode 1 (video)
this is the first episode of that Israeli reality show "Amazons". Batya Schiff, a Haredi model, is competing in this show.
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Amazons ep1 from M I on Vimeo.
After watching much of this episode (I couldn't watch it straight but clicked around a lot) I have to say that, in my opinion, it is a lousy show. I haven't watched too many reality shows so I won't compare it to others, but it is lousy.
Schiff did nothing significant that I could tell to help or hurt her team. She was basically just there.
I don't know anything about Schiff other than her being described as a Haredi model (and in the Haredi news sites she is described as a Haredi "presenter"), and I will assume she self-categorizes as Haredi. She looks hardly Haredi - not because she is on this show, as some might say, but because she interviews with her hair exposed though she is married (I could understand if her hair covering falls off during the action, but during an interview to not cover the hair is strange), along with skirt-length and open shirt buttons...
I am not one to judge her level of Harediness, but the category she is listed under as Haredi seemed strange. It was jarring when I saw the first interview with her and she looked anything but.
comments after the clip
Amazons ep1 from M I on Vimeo.
After watching much of this episode (I couldn't watch it straight but clicked around a lot) I have to say that, in my opinion, it is a lousy show. I haven't watched too many reality shows so I won't compare it to others, but it is lousy.
Schiff did nothing significant that I could tell to help or hurt her team. She was basically just there.
I don't know anything about Schiff other than her being described as a Haredi model (and in the Haredi news sites she is described as a Haredi "presenter"), and I will assume she self-categorizes as Haredi. She looks hardly Haredi - not because she is on this show, as some might say, but because she interviews with her hair exposed though she is married (I could understand if her hair covering falls off during the action, but during an interview to not cover the hair is strange), along with skirt-length and open shirt buttons...
I am not one to judge her level of Harediness, but the category she is listed under as Haredi seemed strange. It was jarring when I saw the first interview with her and she looked anything but.
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ReplyDeleteI like how they call him the rav from Facebook (the Facebooker Rebbe?)
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ReplyDeletearen't all chareidim self -named? or is there a test that you have to pass?
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