The Jewish stereotype of a cheap mother with an overbearing presence and whiny voice was too much.
shareUm, I just thought it was Barbra Streisand doing what she does best. And though my mom wasn't like that, the movie sure reminded me of a my Catholic grandmother.
"Oh my God! You put a living room where the crack den used to be!"
The characters were as far as I can recall never mentioned as being Jewish. Not once I believe.
So you making the connection "these people act this way -> jewish people act this way" would then make you the racist.
But I'm not really sure there were no hints so me speaking in hypotheticals is not me being snarky, it's because it feels like I have to when unsure.
The characters were as far as I can recall never mentioned as being Jewish. Not once I believe.
So Jews can't play christians and vice versa? Zach Braff? Have only seen him play christians or maybe he was jewish in that depressing Garden State movie, but unsure. Zach Galifaniakis? Have seen him play jews. Zac Efron? Don't think I ever seen him cast him as jewish. All other jews/non Jews called Zach also, maybe it's a pattern ;). Paul Rudd, when does he ever play jewish? Not often. Or ever?
Jason Segel. Don't remember but from what I recall I've never seen him portray Jewish. At least not in HIMYM, He played hardcore christian there. or Forgetting Sarah Marshall, or that movie he did what was it called, well it was with Emily Blunt. And in I love you man I think both Segel and Rudd played christians.
Was Seth Rogen jewish in Superbad? He even hade his hair straightened. Even he with the jewfro and all even he isn't completely typecast as Jewish. Was he Jewish in Neighbours? Donnie Darko? Freaks & geeks? Undeclared? Not that I can recall att least. They're actors, they don't have to act out their religious stereotype.
Film is too Jewish, that's why it bombed--like when Woody Allen and Bette Midler made that Scenes From A Mall movie together--just doesn't work when its too Jewish
shareLady who got robbed in superbad liquor store scene describing the robber "he looked like you"
Seth rogen "a jew? Odd crime for a jew to commit"
Wo calm down with your anti-semitism! Stereotypes comes from somewhere, deal with it! It's not the ending of the world! Stop making the world a bitter place!
shareMovies are full of clichés. If people were completely neutral and normal then movies would be so freaking boring.
Barbra Streisand if Jewish personified! It's an absurd claim you're making.
The overbearing mother is a character that is omnipresent if most comedies, and the only Jewish connotation I could read into her character is her not wasting money by suggesting you can return underwear at GAP, which is something that movies and tv shows always make fun of.
And even if she was playing a walking cliché of Jewish mother, what's wrong with it? It's nothing negative.
Like Hugo said, stereotypes comes from somewhere. If Barbra has no problem perpetrating them, why should you.
You get the point!
And the most important like you said is that: ''if Barbra has no problem perpetrating them, why should you?'' And it goes for the black or asian that perpetrating the cliché! And anyway, Life and people are full of cliché, almost every day I see a cliché of one or another and some are surreal.
I literally just watched this movie and there are exactly zero references to the Jewish religion.
To me, it was just the typical single mother with an only child stereotype. And I don't mean single as in marital status, but single as in she is by herself for whatever reason.
Not only single mothers act like that though :)
I actually think it's possible that Barbra Streisand has been the Jew for reference for many many viewers in the last half century that by just being Barbra, people read it as Jewish.