What is it about Hollywood?
They think they haven’t cast a good Jewish male since non-tribe members Charlton Heston played Moses (The 10 C’s) and Paul Newman played Ari ben Canaan (Exodus). Maybe it is the psyche of producers and directors in Hollywood who look in mirrors and see blue-eyed idols staring back?
Who did we get to feast on this Summer on the big screens? There was Adam Sandler, who put on sabra-face to play Dvir Zohan in “Don’t Mess With The Zohan;” we have James Franco as an insane drug dealer named Saul Silver in “Pineapple Express;” and we had Nickelodeon star, Josh Peck, as the horny, drug-dealing virgin, Luke Shapiro, in The Wackness (a Sundance favorite). Not the best role models for the tribe.
Aloha Franco
Wacked Pecker
Sandler as Sabra
But wait. Be still my heart. Do not lose hope, my Jewlicious friends. Hollywood might come through with a strong Jewish male lead. Quentin Tarantino will remake of ”The Inglorious Bastards.” And word is that Brad Pitt, the husband of that actress who used the French Jewish OB/GYN last month, might play that hillbilly Lieutenant, Aldo Raine, who organizes a team of Jewish American soldiers to avenge victims of the Holocaust. Actor Eli Roth, a specimen of the new virile Jewish American male (the Elliot Gould for a new generation) is said to be playing Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. Something to look forward to as Hollywood remakes the image of the American Jew?
Eli Roth to play Jewish avenger?
ezra
8/15/2008
What do you do if you get anti sametic attacks? I had incident but I am helpless.give me advice to get started with my case.
yoni
8/16/2008
watch Exodus, and do what you think Ari ben Canaan would do!
yoni
8/16/2008
What about the super Jew, Daniel Craig!
Larry
8/16/2008
yes yoni… daniel craig put on jewface.. or sabra face in three films, but none this summer… which reminds me… i should do a quick story on the jewish hippie who played ping pong against china and opened china up to the west in the 1970s.
selfhating
8/17/2008
paul newman is a “patrilineal” jew, and identifies as jewish. i’m sure you’re aware of this but having blue eyes and a “european” appearance is hardly uncommon amongst “undisputed” members of “the tribe”, slightly mysterious considering we are supposed to originate from the middle east
froylein
8/17/2008
selfhating: bravo!
Sheila Beauford
9/3/2010
the adopting of unfortunate children from foreign countries. I see that Brad Pitt has a kind heart. I like that characteristic in him, and his wife Angie. To Brad, and Angie, keep up the good work and may God bless both of you.