The Mamarazzi are looking for an informant
One of the failed premieres of the new channel La 2 Cat is the Mamarazzis Pop&Cor, the show hosted by Laura Fa and Lorena Vázquez. A low-key broadcast in which the two gossip columnists seem overwhelmed by the format. Mamarazzis Pop&Cor It conveys a television amateurism that is painful, because spontaneity is one thing, and lack of control is another. That the new Catalan-language channel considers the program representative of its editorial line is perplexing. Justifying it on public television is difficult enough, but from this perspective, where there doesn't even seem to be an editorial line, it's even more difficult.
Aside from the poor audience response, the program is a mess. The set is so poor and so poorly lit that it's surprising the result was approved. Fa and Vázquez are surely the most sought-after collaborators on the media scene, but as presenters, their anxiety in front of the cameras conveys chaos and a lack of coordination between them. They are more like collaborators than hosts. The difficulties in finding narrative resources in the thematic transitions are obvious, and they have to rely on clichés: "Do you know who's coming next...?", "Do you know who we'll talk about...?" They question each other as if they didn't even know what they were talking about. They interrupt each other, step on each other's toes, and confuse the names of those being talked about. On the other hand, they explain to us the miseries of characters whose lives, in many cases, we don't know who they are, and, judging by their references, it doesn't seem like we're missing much. The universe proposed by Mamarazzis Pop&Cor It's eclectic and provokes absolute indifference. It's sad that the only reading club La 2 Cat has launched so far is the one that reviews the week's celebrity gossip magazines.
Among the proposals they put forward on the program, however, there's one that's very indicative of the level of everything. It's a contact phone number to recruit volunteer spies. They offer viewers a WhatsApp number: "Do you have a secret about a celebrity? An indiscreet photo? Connect with us. Contact the Mamarazzi and we'll investigate!" the video says. The presenters say they want people at home to be part of the team and look for informants with specific requests: "For example, if a celebrity is found in a bar or restaurant in Barcelona or has any information that might be interesting to us." After commenting on a personal circumstance of Ter Stegen's, they add: "Thanks to the people who pass on information like this, we can make the program." The gossip show where anything goes. The methods of the Stasi or McCarthyism on a small scale and applied frivolously, in which a network of civilian informants is created to point out and judge the lives of others by means of a WhatsAppLong live rigor and lack of scruples.
