'Weekend Meeting' criticizes livestreaming and false advertising

Week by week, "Weekend Meeting" shows improvement in its approach and storytelling. Episode 4 scores points for sticking to the real situation, criticizing celebrities for abusing tricks to livestream to sell products. Despite the hot issue, the show has not created a commensurate effect.

The comedy, which is the trademark of "Weekend Meeting", also struggled to make viewers laugh. In addition, the script and MC still had some limitations that could not satisfy the audience.

Painful before advertising tricks from celebrities

With 63 minutes of airtime, the 4th episode of "Weekend Meeting" is clearly divided into two halves, revolving around the trio of MCs Diem Huong, Duc (Anh Duc) and Nam (Tuan Anh). However, this week's program does not start with a quack quack news bulletin. The editor duo Viet Hoang (Hoang Da Nau) and Son Lam also do not appear.

In the first half, "Weekend Meeting" recreates the bustling, vibrant atmosphere of livestream sales sessions. Interspersed with the praise and sanctification of products are interactive and interactive performances. A large number of viewers come not only to buy products but also because of the appearance of Duc and Nam, famous people on social networks.

Becoming famous after only one apology, Duc and Nam are so mysterious that editor Quoc Khanh cannot explain. Accordingly, MC Diem Huong vaguely explained that daring to apologize in public and spreading positive energy is the formula to create this strange "fever".

However, MC Diem Huong did not know that behind that cover, they were masters of tricks. Because of debt, Duc and Nam played the role of "defenders", staging a kidnapping to blackmail their family members. At this point, the paradox appeared when those involved in scandals only needed to apologize to be forgiven, becoming people spreading positive values ​​in the community.

From the above story, "Weekend Meeting" introduces the second half with the central character being MC Diem Huong. Just from her good looks, she was sought after by a whole team, promising to help her become a famous and prestigious KOL.

In fact, the program criticizes virtual values, many people become famous thanks to embellished and exaggerated scripts, but their nature is not that good. Closing the 4th episode is a skit with the participation of Meritorious Artist Quang Thang, artists Van Dung and Duy Nam. Accordingly, the program uses a love story of a couple, humorously warning that fraud can appear in many forms.

The quality of the script has improved.

After a month on air, "Gập nhau cuối tuần" has made progress in its script writing. For example, the fourth episode criticized the problem of fraud in society. Through a humorous lens, "fraud" is unpredictable and so is reality. From blackmailing family members, impersonating good people to online dating, bad guys can take advantage of any situation to commit their crimes.

The development of social networks has made the boundary between virtual and real fragile and difficult to control. Therefore, this week's program reminds the audience to be alert and consider carefully before receiving information. In the comments section, many viewers praised the script for being hot and close to reality.

"Very realistic, but even more realistic", "Good... The station promptly criticized the cases of selling poor quality products, making money regardless of the trust of consumers of famous people on social networks, "I found this episode very profound", some viewers commented on the 4th episode.

However, "Gập nhau cuối tuần" is still limited in terms of entertainment. The humorous element depends a lot on recreating real situations, instead of the crew creating and adding funny parts. Some other viewers think that editor Quoc Khanh is not a good host: "MC Quoc Khanh is really not suitable for this program, watching him host is too stressful", "I think we should have a female MC, Mr. Khanh is more suitable for hosting the news".

Returning after 20 years, "Weekend Meeting" will need more time to operate stably. In the short term, the program can score points by promptly reflecting prominent issues in society. However, the audience still expects the crew to be more creative in the way they build the program, increase the humorous aspects, and meet entertainment needs.