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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

1251.0. "Jews in Comic Strips" by GRANPA::AFRYDMAN () Fri Jul 17 1992 15:43

    In the comic strip "For Better or For Worse" by Lynn Johnston I've
    noticed that over the past two days one of the background "extras"
    drawn into a scene on a plane has a yarmulka on.
    
    I don't remember other such "normalization" of traditional Jews in
    comic strips.  There has recently been more visibility in some TV
    shows. Characters just happen to be traditionally Jewish and more
    yarmulkas in the background.
    
    Any thoughts??
    
    
    Av

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1251.1	I see it also.	CXCAD::BERZON		`Wed Aug 05 1992 03:14`	7
	I have been noticing the same sort of trend, but don't have an explanation for it! I was watching "My Girl" last Friday night and noticed that one of the people in the background (at the boy's funeral) was wearing a kipah. Jake
1251.2	a refreshing change	DAYENU::CHERSON	the door goes on the right	`Thu Aug 06 1992 19:42`	5
	Well all I can say is that it is a refreshing change. Hollywood/the media has either projected Jews to be 100% assimilated or members of the most extreme Hasidic sect, no in-betweens. --David
1251.3	Anybody saw the Jewish "Witness"?	CXCAD::BERZON		`Fri Aug 07 1992 04:30`	7
	RE.: .2 Case in point: the latest Hollywod triumph, "A Stranger Among Us(?)", which I have yet to see (maybe this weekend). Has anybody else seen it? Jake
1251.4	hilarious premise	DAYENU::CHERSON	the door goes on the right	`Fri Aug 07 1992 19:24`	10
	>Case in point: the latest Hollywod triumph, "A Stranger Among Us(?)", >which I have yet to see (maybe this weekend). Has anybody else seen >it? Uh, I think that I have higher priorities than to see this latest piece of art (:-). I did see a preview, which had me rolling in laughter -- son of a Hasidic rebbe in Borough park falls in love with blond shiksa undercover cop Melanie Griffith. Give me a break! --David
1251.5	Stranger is realistic?!	CXCAD::BERZON		`Fri Aug 07 1992 19:48`	8
	RE.:.4 Hey, while the movie got shitty reviews from all the mainstream newspapers/critics, a local (Denver) Jewish newspaper carried a very favorable review of this film. The reviewer said, "Finaly, a realistic portrayal of Chasisds in a mainstream Hollywood movie." (or something like that.) In any case this flick may be worth watching (just for the laughs, if nothing else).
1251.6		NOTIME::SACKS	Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085	`Fri Aug 07 1992 20:03`	6
	The Boston Globe thought it was "sympathetic," but the Wall Street Journal complained that the NYPD could have come up with a less-shiksa-looking cop. The idea of the chasidim allowing a shiksa to go undercover (why couldn't they have used a male cop?), along with a romance between the rebbe's son and a shiksa, is bizarre. Sounds as bad as "The Imported Bridegroom," which was full of bogus Judaism.
1251.7	I liked the Movie	NOVA::FELDMAN		`Wed Aug 26 1992 15:43`	14
	I intentionally don't read movie reviews because I like to see movies without a pre-prejudiced attitude. Was this a great flick? Nope. Was it 100% accurate? Nope. Was it worth seeing? Absolutely. IMHP, the main point to the movie was not the portrayal of Brooklyn Chasidim, but the evolution of Melanie Griffith's character as she lived among them from ignorance to acceptance to empathy. Was it strange for the Rebbe's son to fall in love with her? Not really. He's human, and he has the same temptations any other man does. What I did find refreshing was that fact that his faith enabled him to come through his crisis. I left the theater feeling good. I think the movie portrayed the Chasidim as being different, but not bizzare.