Affari Tuoi transforms from a simple quiz into a folk show. Since Amadeus brought the show back to television, the package game has become a television event, with renewed and perhaps unexpected success for a format that was thought would soon be forgotten. Among the aspects that characterize the Amadeus version of Affari Tuoi is the greater space for the competitors and their stories, but in the Episode from February 17th We certainly saw something unusual compared to the classic dynamics of the gearbox.
There are players from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, especially from Udine Anna, accompanied by her sister. After I had opened a number of unfavorable packages, the package change suggested by the doctor came. At this point, when Anna was faced with the decision of whether to accept or not, she created a space for herself:
I don't want to say too much about help/no help, I'm not used to getting help and unfortunately not used to asking for it either. I'll tell you something else: a year ago I was already at my lowest point, but it seemed to me that things were going up. Then one day I got up, went to run my errands and started crying. Normally I don't change, I'm the one who holds the weight, I don't show weakness, I persevere, that day I couldn't stop. I went to the psychiatric center and thank the wonderful people who are there.
Faced with these words, Amadeus gave her the space she needed as the competitor struggled to hold back her tears and continued: “I felt like an idiot, I thought there were people worse off than me and I wondered “Why I could do that.” I didn't respond. I wondered what was wrong with me and I realized that there is nothing wrong with me, I just need to understand myself. This is what I mean: If you need help, ask for help. Now I don't know if the doctor wants to help me, but I spontaneously went there, tried to help and saved myself. Ok, I refuse, thank you and we’ll carry on for a bit.”
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Hence the decision not to change the packages. But the outcome of the game itself is relatively important, because from a television perspective it is precisely the gentle and non-drastic metamorphosis of a format like Affari Tuoi that is interesting, which, in addition to the game element, becomes a container for experiences and the past, in this case linked to an increasingly relevant theme in the public debate such as mental health, as the Sangiovanni affair of the last few days has shown even more clearly.