“Hashoter Hatov” or “The Good Cop” is an Israeli situation comedy about a fictional police station. The humor is slapstick and sometimes puerile, but surprising, if not downright bizarre.
The main character, a police officer named Dani, is played
by Yuval Semo, a deadpanning everyman who is never alarmed about what his job
brings him.
In one episode, one of Dani’s comrades, a Palestinian
policeman, is kicked in the head by a donkey and awakes to believe he is Jewish
and a religious Zionist living in a settlement in the West Bank. He is so
overbearing and sanctimonious Dani buys a donkey to kick him in the head again
so he doesn’t have to suffer such pompous righteousness.
In another episode, the worst possible assignment for a
policeman is explained as the Jewish enclave in Hebron, protecting the Jewish
settlers in the extremist settlement of Kiryat Arba.
I admit I am not a frequent viewer of Israeli television,
but I am pleasantly surprised to see the settlement enterprise openly mocked in
popular culture.
Keep the jokes flowing!
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