Se Joga

Se Joga (English: If Play) was a Brazilian television variety program produced and aired by Rede Globo on September 30, 2019 until August 28, 2021. Hosted by Fernanda Gentil, the program initially had an audience present and mixed games with celebrities, journalistic news, news about celebrities, health and beauty boards, English and philosophy classes, as well as humorous sketches. With the phase change in 2021, the program now aired in a season format and was now focused on the world of celebrities.

Why It Sees Nothing

 * 1) This program was just an attempt by Globo to make a new Vídeo Show, months after the program ended, which ended up not working, because it lacked the essence of what made Vídeo Show such a great program. As well, it was an attempt to make a Globo gossip program similar to RecordTV's Hora da Venenosa and SBT's Fofocalizando.
 * 2) The name of the program Se Joga is lazy, as well is bland.
 * 3) Fernanda Gentil's hosting is very weak, since this program was the first one in the entertainment area of ​​Globo for her and isn't good, since she was better in the channel's sports area than in the entertainment area.
 * 4) Infamously the program copied segments from other programs, such as internet video ratings from Encrenca, Invasion of the artists' cell phone like done by Maurício Meirelles on YouTube and "This is a Lot of My Life" segment being a copy of "Emergent like Us", also done before by Paulo Vieira between 2017 and 2018 on RecordTV, but with a different name. The Cloud of Words is the same as the Encontro com Fátima Bernardes, also from Rede Globo.
 * 5) The second set when the program returned in its second phase is very small, surprisingly that the studio where the second phase of the program that was recorded live, was previously the house of the last season of Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo (2001) in 2007 and mh:besttvshows:Mais Você.
 * 6) The program used a video made by journalist Leo Dias without giving the credits or without mentioning his name, passing as if it were an exclusive material from Globo, which is considered theft of another journalist's video without permission or credit.
 * 7) Awful impersonation of programs in The Fake Brazil like, Roda a Roda Jequiti, Programa Silvio Santos, The Voice Brazil and of course Domingão do Faustão.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The first set was better, than the second one and also the first opening was very catchy.
 * 2) The program's logo is very well made.

Reception
Before its premiere, Se Joga had already received negative reviews from journalists specializing in television who watched the pilot, who noticed that the program was messy by betting on various unconnected topics - from gossip and children's games to philosophy and craft classes - and not it had a focus, since not even the team itself knew how to define the target audience, saying that it was from the elderly to children. After the premiere, experts reiterated the negativity to the content presented. Ricardo Feltrin, from the UOL portal, said that the program was bland and looked like a version of the worst phase of the Video Show, analyzing that the well-produced scenario and the presence of soap opera actors disguised the lack of content, making an analogy that was "Lots of foam and, like all foam, hollow." In addition, the journalist noticed that Se Joga copied segments from other programs: Ratings of videos from the Internet of Encrenca, Invasion of the artists' cell phones, as done by Maurício Meirelles on YouTube and the segment "This is a Lot of My Life", which was about the same "Emergent like Us", already produced before also by Paulo Vieira between 2017 and 2018 on RecordTV, just under a different name.

The same analysis of segments copied from other programs noted Maurício Stycer, also from UOL, who also mentioned that The Cloud of Words was the same as the one made at Encontro com Fátima Bernardes. Tony Góes, from the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, said that the attraction presented scenes that had already been beaten by countless other programs and that he did not have the strength to fight the Hora da Venenosa, from Balanço Geral, looking like a new version of the Video Show in their worst moments. Cristina Padiglione, also from Folha de S.Paulo, said that the presenters were really "played", in a negative way, as if they didn't care to pass on good content, analyzing that the segments are "very boring" and the program "adds nothing", with the exception of Paulo Vieira.

Patrícia Kogut, from the newspaper O Globo, gave a zero grade to Se Joga, considered by her as "a succession of dull games" and saying that it was absurd for the presenters to spend part of the program playing the children's game stop!. Luiz Prisco, from the Metrópoles portal, said that the program was bad, had a worn out format and "a look like it will end quickly" for not presenting any content different from those already shown in Encontro com Fátima Bernardes or É de Casa. The journalist Vladimir Alves, from the program A Tarde É Sua, mocked the fact that Fernanda Gentil had despised the competition with Balanço Geral, saying: "Fernanda Gentil said she didn't know the Balanço Geral, Fernandinha, it's the one that's giving the your Se Joga".

Journalists also criticized the presenters for insisting on saying that they did "good gossip" or "humanized gossip" on the celebrity news board, alluding to the fact that they only give positive notes, called "white plate", avoiding citing betrayals, public fights. and controversial statements to avoid conflict with the broadcaster's own artists. For experts, the title was wrong, since the celebrity editorship was not divided between "good" or "bad", in addition to discrediting the work already done for years by other programs such as Balanço Geral, A Tarde É Sua and Fofocalizando, trying to put Se Joga as superior.

On its return on March 6, 2021, Splash/UOL columnist Maurício Stycer highlighted that Fernanda Gentil is still stuck to a script, in addition to bringing up the fact that the new phase became more inspired by Vídeo Show and that the interview with the actresses Eliane Giardini and Susana Vieira, when remembering their roles as mothers in fiction, made Se Joga come out of the obvious, when they talked about their characters in telenovelas, especially O Outro Lado do Paraíso (2017) and Por Amor (1997). The columnist of the column, Chico Barney, praised Fernanda Gentil's return to a solo program, but brought up two problems that can be solved over time, namely: the excess of guidelines and the lack of improvisation on the part of Fernanda. He also highlighted that the second phase of the program could become a national craze, being more accepted than the first.

Before the premiere, a survey commissioned by TV Globo revealed the public's rejection of Fernanda Gentil in entertainment – ​​different from sports, where she was well evaluated. After the premiere, the program was mostly criticized by the public, who classified it as "bad", "unfunny" and "messy", in addition to noting that the presenters shouted too much and supported an "ego fight" to appear longer on video. Other people scoffed that the program was so bad, that it made other previously failed projects like Tomara que Caia and Divertics look good. Another factor that generated outrage was that they removed the reruns of A Grande Família to air a program considered by the public as "without content". The program was even criticized by presenters, such as Milton Neves and Gugu Liberato, in addition to the presenter Angélica, who liked the publication of the zero note given by the newspaper O Globo on her Instagram. On several occasions the title "Se Joga no Lixo" was among the most commented topics on Twitter.

On the program's return on March 6, 2021, many netizens associated the program's new format as a failed attempt to revive the extinct Vídeo Show, especially in the interview with celebrities and in the segments. The bloopers of Amor de Mãe, shown by Érico Brás, were reminiscent of Falha Nossa and Onde Você Está? reminiscent of the Túnel do Tempo. Others came to associate it as a mixture of mh:besttvshows:Mais Você, Encontro com Fátima Bernardes and É de Casa. In addition, the speed in the interview with the singer Sandy and her husband Lucas Lima was also observed by the public.