Demet Evgar Looks Back On Some 1 Kadın 1 Erkek Sketches: "Why Did I Play This?"
Demet Evgar, a guest on the talk show Empati hosted by Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, has drawn attention with an unexpected piece of self-criticism about 1 Kadın 1 Erkek, the sketch comedy that ran on Turkish television for years. The actress, best remembered as Zeynep in the series, explained why she questions some of its scenes when she looks back today. A clip from the programme spread quickly on social media.
Source: Empati (NTV)
Demet Evgar played Zeynep in 1 Kadın 1 Erkek for eight seasons.
Born in Manisa, Demet Evgar won over television audiences with 1 Kadın 1 Erkek, the Turkish adaptation of the Canadian format Un Gars, Une Fille. The series began on Turkmax in 2008 and continued on Star TV, with Demet Evgar and Emre Karayel portraying a couple's everyday life in short comic sketches. Her performance as Zeynep earned her the best comedy actress award at the 2010 Altın Kelebek awards.
After the eight-season run, Demet Evgar moved on to dramas including Avlu, Alev Alev and Bahar, and on the big screen she is remembered as Solmaz in Aile Arasında. She is preparing to return to cinemas with 2 Aile Arasında, due for release on 4 December.
On Empati, Demet Evgar said of sketches that did not portray women accurately: "Why did I play this?"
Sitting opposite Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan on Empati, which airs on NTV, Demet Evgar did not hold back from criticising her own past when the conversation turned to 1 Kadın 1 Erkek. Recalling how much time has passed since the show's early years, she said she feels that women were not portrayed very accurately in some sketches: 'When I look back 10 to 15 years and see some sketches that don't really portray women accurately, I question it and ask, 'Why did I play this?''
A 2022 Reunion For A Campaign
Demet Evgar's sensitivity about how women are represented had come up well before Empati. A Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women Türkiye, she reunited with Emre Karayel in November 2022 to film new sketches in the style of 1 Kadın 1 Erkek. The first video excited fans who thought the series was coming back.
It soon emerged that the sketches had been made for UN Women's #SheSaidNo campaign. In the second video, released on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Demet Evgar and Emre Karayel drew attention to lesser-known forms of intimate partner violence and invited viewers to learn more about the subject.
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