In the first episode, Wilson says that he's Jewish
Right. I remember that now.
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Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ailleann - Mar 20, 2006 8:52:47 am PST #5091 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
-t - Mar 20, 2006 8:54:33 am PST #5092 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wasn't there an episode where she wouldn't eat lobster, because she was observant?
I think you're thinking of a Seinfeld episode. With lobster poaching and shrinkage.
bon bon - Mar 20, 2006 8:54:42 am PST #5093 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Woody Allen movies, maybe? Meet the Parents?
Gudanov - Mar 20, 2006 8:56:25 am PST #5094 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Woody Allen movies, maybe? Meet the Parents?
It was supposed to be only Jewish men who weren't protrayed as nerdy and neurotic so I think Meet the Parents is out.
Dana - Mar 20, 2006 9:02:29 am PST #5095 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't know that I'd call this "stealthy" though -- I wouldn't know any of my co-workers' religions if it weren't for holidays (and only then if they make a point of taking time off for Good Friday, or Yom Kippur, etc).
Right. That was my point, I just didn't bother to actually type it out, since that would have required thought and effort.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2006 9:04:09 am PST #5096 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
since that would have required thought and effort
On a Monday? Nah, not worth it.
Zenkitty - Mar 20, 2006 9:12:33 am PST #5097 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I stayed home from work today, ostensibly because I have a doctor's appointment, but mainly to get some stuff done. What am I doing? Hanging out here, reading Buffistas. I'm such a slacker.
Nutty - Mar 20, 2006 9:25:16 am PST #5098 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Any film titles with American Jewish Leads come to mind?
Can I sing a couple bars of the Hanukah song??
I would suggest that, with the general cultural trends toward integration, Reform intermarriage, and blow-em-up movies not giving a shit about what the characters do when they're at home, Jewishness in film characters tends to become invisible. Once it's invisible, everybody just casts a tall himbo goy and doesn't even think about it. I can think of recent Jewish Issue movies -- Munich, The Believer -- but the former is a period piece (as is School Ties ) and the latter's protagonist is ultra-Orthodox. But I can't think of many major movies I've seen lately that have Jewish characters in a way that isn't, like, an Issue.
I suspect that it's like a lot of things that give texture to a story: in bad storytelling, all but the extremes disappear.
Aims - Mar 20, 2006 9:25:47 am PST #5099 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Grrrr.
Dear Cow-orker -
If you have someone in your office, PICK UP THE GODDAMNED PHONE. You know it's me, you know how I talk, and you KNOW my propensity for being .... colorful .... with my language.
Thanks for embarassing me, asswipe.
Me.
Calli - Mar 20, 2006 9:36:31 am PST #5100 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
What about the movie A Price Above Rubies? I haven't seen it yet, but a Jewish friend of mine swears its one of the best movies that came out in 1998. [link]
It's set in a conservative Jewish community. Some of the characters are portrayed positively, others not so much.