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 are in their sixth year life together They 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.
“Typical situation in Russia,” announces at the very beginning talk show Shnurov, - I also 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. “There, the old woman 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 a complex,” he continues to smear tears across his rosy cheeks. round cheeks heroine. - 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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There are still not enough low-level talk shows on Channel One about lumpen people who are ready to shake their dirty panties to an audience of millions for a fee or for the sake of five minutes of fame. “Male / Female”, “Let them talk”, “Let’s get married”, “Alone with everyone”, “It’s me”, “ Fashionable verdict" - the participants in these programs have lost all shame and conscience. They are told: “Do this and that, it’s not real, it’s make-believe” - and we see tufts of hair torn out, fights, slander against relatives and friends. This applies not only to Channel One, but also to others. For example, in the show “Boys” on Friday they showed how a young husband hits his wife in the face - allegedly filmed. hidden camera at the moment of a quarrel. When I asked how he would now wash away the stain of shame from himself after this program (he actively hangs out in all the public pages where “Tomboy” is discussed), the “husband” began to make excuses, saying that it was all a production and in reality nothing like that happened. Well, how could it not have been - when they showed it? Even if she asked her to beat for the sake of rating - why sink to this bottom? Where is human dignity and basic honor? This is all to say that in the new day talk show "About Love" TV viewers are invited to watch how our fellow citizens decompose. Another story is invented with written roles, staged scenes are recorded with a hidden camera, “experts” sit in the studio and help in solving non-existent problems.
In the program "About Love" there are two presenters - Sofiko Shevardnadze(37-year-old granddaughter of the former President of Georgia) and Sergei Shnurov(43-year-old musician from the Leningrad group). It seems that without “Shnur” this project would not have happened. Gordon has completely exhausted himself, and, of course, there are no other tough men in the country.
The problem is that “About Love” is too feminine a show. Women's problems, 2/3 of the experts in the studio are women. Co-host. The forces are unequal, and Shnurov is embarrassed to voice his opinion (although most likely Shnur simply doesn’t have one), he may even come up with a counterposition and create a hot atmosphere in the studio. The presenter perks up only when it comes to drinking and immoral behavior. He is on the side and plays more of a furniture role, a symbol of a man. In "Male / Female" Gordon behaves aggressively and in every possible way shows and proves that he is the leader here and EVERYONE must take his position into account. Even if it’s ugly, it’s bright. I feel that Gordon will soon have to work in two gears. And in general, I thought that “Male / Female” would be closed, but they just moved to an earlier time.
In short, I didn’t like “About Love” with Shnurov and Shevardnadze - they spend a whole hour pouring from empty to empty, analyzing a far-fetched problem and accompanying it with staged shots.
Roza Syabitova, as an expert, does not betray herself and her image. She saw a handsome man - she would defend him by hook or by crook and blame the woman for everything. She's weak on... men. There are also three psychologists-psychotherapists and one journalist in the studio.
The format reminded me of the light version of “Let Them Talk” vs. "Male/Female". Why produce the same type of programs? If I cooked borscht while listening to “About Love,” it would immediately turn sour. Two stars and off the air!
The talk show “About Love” with Sergei Shnurov airs on weekdays from Monday to Friday at 16.00 Moscow time. You can watch all episodes online immediately after the broadcast on the official project page .
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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, engaging 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 Sergei 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, outlining possible options their decisions. 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...
Your consent to become talk show host on Channel One, Sergei Shnurov explains this: “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”
The daytime talk show “About Love,” where experts examine the problems of a man who lives at the expense of his girlfriend or son, constantly fights with his mother, would be an unremarkable project of Channel One, if not for one “but” - the group leader hosts the program "Leningrad" Sergei Shnurov. A musician who has practically no songs without obscenities, and whose videos about “Louboutins” and “boobs” collect millions of views on YouTube, loses almost all of his shocking air on the state channel, and we see Shnurov as a completely ordinary presenter. Fans are surprised why he needs this, and he explains his decision by the desire to figure out how such programs work.
The leader of the Leningrad group, Sergei Shnurov, unexpectedly for his fans, became the host of the program “About Love” on Channel One; many feared that he was an informal musician. The description of the new project states that the daily talk show will help people who are “experiencing a crisis in relationships”: men and women, children and parents. The announcement of the program was shot in the spirit of film teasers. Yes, and Shnur looks familiar - with a guitar and in an alcoholic T-shirt.
But in fact, it turned out that the channel released another program in the spirit of “Let Them Talk” with a very typical set of problems for guests on a talk show: parents beat their children, men drink and don’t work, women don’t want to lose weight. And Shnurov, in hipster suits and with a neat hairstyle, behaves very reservedly and can only joke sometimes.
He drank and swore at his parents. What else do you need to be a man?!
Sergei Shnurov
The show premiered on September 5, the hosts Sergei Shnurov and Sofiko Shevardnadze, the daughter of the former president of Georgia, discussed the problems of a young couple in which the girl works and the guy wants to build a career in the field of organization, but does not have a stable income and spends a lot of time on social networks.
While the guests are arguing, Shnurov frantically clutches the folder with the text, and his co-host calmly speaks without preparation. Sergei rushes around the studio: he either moves away or sits down. It seems that the musician, who has already hosted programs on NTV and Match-TV, is worried on the air of “First” and does not know what to do.
During talk show audience shows scenes of the couple's relationship filmed at home and footage of them performing tasks designed to improve their relationship. For example, hang out the laundry together or try to work the same way as your partner for one day.
I can not take it anymore…
As a result, the heroes come to an understanding and the show ends with a happy ending. The second episode was filmed using the same fairy-tale scheme, where the husband who beat his wife gives her flowers at the end. On instructions from a psychologist, they tell each other why they love each other.
Ksyukha, thank you for putting up with me. For loving me like this, bad. Because we want to save the family. This is why I love you.
The guests of the first two episodes were couples, and in the third there will be a son and mother who regularly fight. The “home” scenes with the characters are very reminiscent of a production, which should add grit and enhance the effect of a happy ending, when in the end everyone makes peace and everything is fine. At the same time, Shnurov joins in the discussions and gives life advice to the heroes.
Every day your child will become more mature, stronger and will eventually win this fist fight.
Sergei Shnurov
Sergei Shnurov, who is known for his shocking behavior and statements, on the air of “First” turns into a pale shadow of Andrei Malakhov or Dmitry Nagiyev during the “Windows” program, viewers write on social networks.
I'm watching a rerun of the program "About Love". Presenter - Sergey Shnurov. Reminds me of the bad show "Windows". In my opinion, the girl was clearly working for the camera
During the hour-long episode, he utters only a few lines; many more are heard, for example, from Roza Syabitova, a matchmaker from the “Let’s Get Married” program, who appears on Shnurov’s show as a permanent expert, along with psychologists and psychotherapists.
Syabitova: The problem of domestic violence, it comes from the woman.
Shnurov: Now we will agree on something.
Syabitova: No normal man can stand it, this is the problem of your upbringing.
Fans of Shnur, whose videos “Exhibit”, “Drinking in St. Petersburg” and “Boobs” collect millions of views and cause defenders to faint public morality, do not understand why the outrageous musician, who cannot do without swearing on stage, agreed to participate in such a program.
Sergei Shnurov, as the host of the program “About Love” on Channel One, is a bad idea. Let him continue to sing, make videos and swear.
Artyom Deryagin (@DerArto)
