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Should have changed the character's surname


Since they cast WASPs to play Cher and her father they should have changed the surname 'Horowitz'.

In any case, I feel much more comfortable with the TV show, which mocks a spoiled, privileged WASPy girl (at least in terms of casting), than the overrated film, which plays up to the anti-Semitic stereotypes that cause the poor and dispossessed to hate the 'rich and powerful' Jews. 

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Cher wasn't Jewish in the film! Her dad mentions seeing Josh at Easter, and there are absolutely no references to any of the characters' religions, Cher's included. We had no idea what religion the Horowitz family was.

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