Program "About Love". The name is unoriginal and, to be honest, the content is the same. About a month before the broadcast, the program began to be recorded. I was there, I know
This happens in the pavilion at the Gorky Film Studio.
Characters:
Vtraveling - Cord And Sofiko Shevardnadze. According to the super plan, they personify two views of love. The unbridled Shnur has a type of social illusion, while Sofiko has a more romantic idea.
experts - the smartest and most ubiquitous (among whom is the most ubiquitous and irreplaceable Roza Syabitova)
And one more thing spectators in the hall, aka extras. One program takes about three hours to write. Spectators before the program receive instructions from the girl administrators. How to applaud and when (strictly on their signal and literally several times, let’s say 4-5 claps no more), don’t cross your legs (it’s ugly on the screen), don’t sleep, and especially don’t snore (and this happens, especially among those who sit in the upper rows, there are hot spotlights and people fall asleep) do not chew gum, turn off phones... But if suddenly an ineradicable desire arises to yawn - yawn! But not elegantly covering yourself with your palm, as you were taught in childhood, but in a different way, according to the “program”: you need to lower your head lower, grab it as if it hurts, and then slowly raise your head. From the outside it will seem that you empathize to an incredible degree or are outraged by the behavior of the heroes, that you are even clutching your head! This is a staged yawn.
What is the program about: characters talk about their problems. What are the problems? As in any similar program: quarrels, showdowns, searches common language. Well, that’s just me... I chose the words. And the presenters and experts are trying to understand who is right and who is wrong, bringing the provocateur to light, calling on him to understand the mistakes in communication and correct himself. Well...
Similar shows on our TV are a carriage and a small cart. Starting with the unforgettable" Windows". Family troubles and digging through laundry. But if there were all productions, then in the freshly made TV showdowns they rely on real heroes with uninvented life stories. The fact that their relationship recorded on video (drags, cries, screams) was clearly staged by the Ostankino director - I will keep silent about this
For the heroes to come and fill the air with their showdowns - the editors will do everything - and they will take a ticket to Moscow and provide clothes for the air. As it happened on the recording of one of the programs “About Love”. Sofiko asks the heroine girl, who has problems with her tyrant mother: “And this dress you’re wearing, did you choose it yourself or your mother?” Well, the girl pointed unequivocally to the backstage. What mom? Here, they say, they gave it away. For an hour.
The cord unexpectedly turned out to be a decent leader - he didn’t show anything, and tried to be moderately sarcastic and witty. (two stars for him. For not showing it) On the recording, he was completely at odds with his stage slob image. But I didn’t like his co-host, Shevardnadze (even though she has a last name, crazy journalistic experience and 5 languages). As for me, with a voice of such height, she should only deal with newspaper journalism. Well, or do exercises to lower it.
And when, after the registration, a girl from the Ostankino school sitting in the hall approached the administrator and asked to somehow take her to Shnur to take a photo, she received a gentle but steady rebuff. Shnur strictly warned the entire film crew that such requests from extras would be ignored. He does not intend to be photographed. Only filming!!!
The last episode of the show “About Love” on Channel One aired without the shocking presenter, leader of the “Leningrad” group Sergei Shnurov, for whom this program was created. Now, instead of the singer, the co-host of the show “Let's Get Married!” helps the characters sort out their feelings. Rosa Syabitova.
The fact that together with Sofiko Shevardnadze, who was Shnurov’s partner, “About Love” is now hosted by the country’s main matchmaker, surprised TV viewers. Neither Sergei nor the channel’s management explained the current situation. But Rose decided to shed light on the “secret”.
In a recent interview with the Dni.ru portal, she stated that the singer did not leave the show, as many believe. According to her, the artist invited her to host the program one by one. “We’ll try to alternate for now. So far we have recorded several episodes without Sergei, where I worked with Sofiko,” Syabitova told the press.
In addition, she admitted that she and Sergei had a very warm and trusting relationship. She noted that the singer’s shocking image is exclusively his stage image, but in life he is completely different.
“Sergey comes from a very good family, he is well educated and has a refined sense of humor. His stage history and the role of a foul-mouthed person is not close to me, but it’s just an image. In life, Sergei is completely different - gallant, smart. In this project, he treats me like a safety belt that will always help me get out of the most difficult situations, treats me like a prompter who you can look at if you forgot the text. I’m even embarrassed by Shnurov’s feelings towards me - so respectful, trusting, reverent. We are not friends, because we are very different, but we communicate well,” said Rosa.
The idea of the psychological talk show “About Love” belongs to Sofiko Shevardnadze, the granddaughter of the second president of Georgia, a smart and beautiful woman who has been involved in political journalism all her life. She came up with the name.
“The world rests on love, without it there is nothing,” Sofiko is convinced. — It so happened that I am involved in politics. But I just want to sit on a bench and talk about life.
Shevardnadze was not familiar with the leader of the Leningrad group, but she only wanted to see him as a co-host. .
“He came to the recording of the pilot episode and said: “My pilots never go anywhere,” recalls Sofiko. “I answered: “This one will pass!”
When the program was actually approved, Shnurov “switched into reverse gear,” and Shevardnadze had to persuade the odious musician for a very long time to sign the contract.
“I still doubt it,” admits Sergei. - Although it has always been common for me to change my occupation for some time. Apparently, such a period has come. The most important thing is that I don’t have the text written down. I'm telling the truth, this determined my positive answer.
The hosts of the talk show “About Love” are Sergei Shnurov and Sofiko Shevardnadze. Photo: still from the show
When Shnurov first appeared in the studio of the talk show “About Love,” it seemed that the audience was ready to jump out of their seats and send a wave through the ranks. He - as always, unshaven, but in a stylish blue jacket - looked around the place of work with slight bewilderment and said: “How I want to swear!” The audience howled with delight and hooted. Shnurov winked slyly: “Let’s sell swear words on Channel One, huh?!” But no. During the recording, he behaved extremely politely and correctly.
- Seryoga - deep intelligent person“says Sofiko. — He is a representative of the real St. Petersburg intelligentsia. Everyone considers him a bully and a boor, but he is the absolute opposite.
The heroes of one of the first episodes of the program are a husband and wife who, in their sixth year of marriage, came to the conclusion that they could no longer live in a situation of constant lack of money. A woman sits at home with her child and pesters: “I want new sandals! I want to go to a restaurant!” And the husband plows at a construction site and accuses his wife of exorbitant demands.
“The typical situation in Russia,” Shnurov announces at the very beginning of the talk show, “I, too, constantly lack money.”
“And I miss it,” Sofiko assents.
— How many would suit you? - Sergei asks the sad heroine in a businesslike manner.
“One hundred thousand a month,” she readily answers.
— Do you remember “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish”? - asks Shnurov. “The old woman there was also constantly dissatisfied and was left with nothing.
- Half the country lives poorly and in love, and half the country lives poorly and badly! - Sofiko enters warmly.
Liquid applause is heard in the hall: they say, that’s right, money doesn’t buy happiness. But Shnurov counters:
- Where have you seen people living in poverty and in love? Yes, they fight all the time!
And here the hall bursts into thunderous applause and loud, albeit discordant cries:
“The wife needs to work herself, and not sit at home!” You're young, find yourself a job!
- Calm down, workaholics! - Shnurov, suddenly amused, interrupts the general hubbub. “You all just have to work here, as I see fit.”
The audience falls silent in shame.
Sergei Shnurov in the talk show “About Love”. Photo: still from the show
If Sofiko Shevardnadze strives to discern the psychological background in everything and find the cause of the heroes’ problems in their childhood, then Sergei Shnurov is more cynical and is not inclined to feel sorry for the participants.
“My dad drank all my childhood,” the heroine sobs, “there were always alcoholics around me!”
- Alcoholics are not like that bad people! — the musician notes philosophically.
“I have complexes,” the heroine continues to smear tears over her rosy, round cheeks. - I used to be thin, but now...
“And I have complexes,” nods Shnur. “I used to be young, but now I’m old!”
After filming, the creators of the show do not abandon the characters - psychologists continue to work with them. Later, journalists will meet with former participants and find out whether they managed to overcome the crisis. It’s difficult to answer why the most popular Russian musician needs all this, but for now Shnurov is clearly having fun on the talk show “About Love.”
“I’m still not sure of my role,” says Sergei about new job. - But it seems to me that by my appearance on Channel One I am giving a certain signal: the impossible becomes possible!
“About Love”, First, Monday-Friday, 16:00
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The new daily talk show on Channel One is called succinctly and simply: “About love.” Here they will help establish relationships for everyone who is in dire need of it, who is going through a crisis: husbands and wives, fathers and children, grandmothers and grandchildren, friends. Calm and friendly, polite and thoughtful, attracting the best specialists and professionals.
Host of the talk show “About Love” - TV journalist, granddaughter of the second President of Georgia Sofiko Shevardnadze and rock musician Sergey Shnurov.
Sofiko is sentimental and emotional, and sincerely believes that everything in our lives revolves around love.
“The world rests on love, and without love nothing exists! - the TV presenter is convinced. - Love cannot but interest, it affects everyone. The meaning of life is in love, without it it is unreal!”
By her own admission, Sofiko always dreamed of hosting a psychological talk show about love: “It so happened historically that I am a political journalist, simply because I am well versed in politics. But all my life I wanted to just sit on a bench and talk about life. It really seems to me that nothing, not even summits, can be cooler and more interesting than real life.”
Host of the talk show “About Love” Sofiko Shevardnadze
Sergei is the notorious leader of the Leningrad group, rude and hooligan, prone to shocking behavior, and is sure that love is just a convenient concept.
"For love in modern society“It’s customary to write off everything,” says Shnurov. - Love is such a convenient concept. This is a category, a concept, built in modern society mainly on Hollywood films. No matter how we twist it, teenagers, and adults too, learn about what love is from Hollywood films. It's an imposed concept, that's all. Such a cynical approach."
Host of the talk show “About Love” Sergei Shnurov
Despite fundamental differences in matters of love, Shevardnadze and Shnurov each in their own way try to help those who are confused in love. love relationships to people. Sofiko does this in an emotional, feminine way, Sergei often makes jokes and laughs.
Each episode of the “About Love” program requires significant effort, subtle editorial work, and close monitoring by a team of psychologists. A week before the recording of the program, psychologists begin working with the characters, identifying problems and outlining possible solutions to them. In addition, the characters are not abandoned after filming; specialists continue to work with them.
In about six months, return programs are planned, in which “About Love” journalists will again come to visit former participants to find out how things are going with them, whether they managed to cope with the crisis, improve relationships, return love to the family, or had to break up so as not to hurt each other anymore...
Sergei Shnurov explains his agreement to become a talk show host on Channel One as follows: “It has always been common for me to change my occupation for a while. Apparently, another such period has arrived. It seems to me that by my appearance on Channel One I am giving some kind of signal that the impossible is becoming possible. Well, one more thing: I don’t have the text written down, while recording the program I say complete gag - all this determined my positive answer.”
Talk show “About Love”
