Nobody Wants This on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I'm watching it. Adam Brody is adorable and saves the show. Kristen Bell is grating, so is her mean sister. I can't believe how many times they have used the word shiksa so far. It's a slur, fine if you want to use it once, but getting old, repetitive and rude. The show started to go majorly south when he brought her to the retreat, then barged in on her work dinner to light shabbat candles after sundown?!!

It just occurred to me that the sister plays the sister in law in the Marvelous Mrs Maisel…the one who converted and is a more devout Jew than her in laws. Pretty sure they used the word “shiksa” quite a bit on that show.

It felt very uncomfortable to hear that word so much. It's a total slur putting down both Jewish women for not being as alluring as, and non Jewish women for not being as worthy as. It's somewhat okay for a woman to self-define as such in a humorous way but it really is not otherwise okay.

Is the shiksa word Yiddish or Hebrew?

Did it originate when Hasidism and the Talmud did in 1800s europe or before that?

The Talmud is an interesting document that could explain all kinds of behaviors towards Gentiles.

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How is Noah's family so filthy rich?

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Nobody should want to ever watch this terrible show. Just awful, all of it.

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I think it had some really funny moments but the stereotypes were very heavy handed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty stupid. I still watched it because there’s not much high-quality rom-com stuff out there.

+1 addictively stupid.
And the chemistry between the two is cute.

Reminds me of watching Lindsay Lohan’s hallmark “comeback” movies.
You know it’s gonna be dumb, but she’s actually a decent actress that you forget for a while what a mess of a left turn she made of her life. And you want to root for her.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t think Esther was “awesome” at all. She was a complete jerk to Joanne.

Everyone was terrible / prejudiced / discriminatory to Joanne in a way that would not fly if the tables were turned.

But in her own community Esther was an interesting person and she really started to see that she could flaunt the rules towards the end. I mean her MIL wouldn't even let her in her kitchen. Who would put up with a MIL like that? Nobody on DCUM for sure.

Yes. They always are.

Esther did not seem interesting at all. What’s interesting about her? She dresses a lot and is a grandmother-aged Jewish stay at home mom in Los Angeles.

Esther was busy raising a child and a dud of an immature, pothead dh who couldn't even do nepotism right. What was funny to me was the rabbi barely ever working, Joanne living the life even though all she did was a half-ass podcast. And everyone was too old for their behaviors.

Omg this! Why are we pretending that Kristen Bells character was 28-31?

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All the characters were caricatures, unrealistic, and super cringe. Dialogue was very immature, as if some middle schoolers wrote it. I think the reviews were paid. It's the only explanation.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody should want to ever watch this terrible show. Just awful, all of it.

My thoughts exactly. Hard pass!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm watching it. Adam Brody is adorable and saves the show. Kristen Bell is grating, so is her mean sister. I can't believe how many times they have used the word shiksa so far. It's a slur, fine if you want to use it once, but getting old, repetitive and rude. The show started to go majorly south when he brought her to the retreat, then barged in on her work dinner to light shabbat candles after sundown?!!

It just occurred to me that the sister plays the sister in law in the Marvelous Mrs Maisel…the one who converted and is a more devout Jew than her in laws. Pretty sure they used the word “shiksa” quite a bit on that show.

It felt very uncomfortable to hear that word so much. It's a total slur putting down both Jewish women for not being as alluring as, and non Jewish women for not being as worthy as. It's somewhat okay for a woman to self-define as such in a humorous way but it really is not otherwise okay.

Is the shiksa word Yiddish or Hebrew?

Did it originate when Hasidism and the Talmud did in 1800s europe or before that?

The Talmud is an interesting document that could explain all kinds of behaviors towards Gentiles.

Yiddish

Don’t talk about Hasidism, that’s extremely conservative and yes insularly created in Poland in the 1800s.

Talmud is historic individuals interpretations of the Torah.

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I really like the show (don't throw things) - I find Noah's mom hilarious and absolutely would be friends with the brother's wife. Veronica Mars and her sister are my least favorite characters, although I generally love everything Kristen Bell is in. I do understand the concern about stereotypes.

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Esther and MIL's characters make it obvious why Noah wants someone different.

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Male characters from head rabbi to Sasha, all look weak and low IQ. Only Noah seems like a peeson of average intelligence.

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*person

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t think Esther was “awesome” at all. She was a complete jerk to Joanne.

Everyone was terrible / prejudiced / discriminatory to Joanne in a way that would not fly if the tables were turned.

But in her own community Esther was an interesting person and she really started to see that she could flaunt the rules towards the end. I mean her MIL wouldn't even let her in her kitchen. Who would put up with a MIL like that? Nobody on DCUM for sure.

Yes. They always are.

Esther did not seem interesting at all. What’s interesting about her? She dresses a lot and is a grandmother-aged Jewish stay at home mom in Los Angeles.

Esther was busy raising a child and a dud of an immature, pothead dh who couldn't even do nepotism right. What was funny to me was the rabbi barely ever working, Joanne living the life even though all she did was a half-ass podcast. And everyone was too old for their behaviors.

Omg this! Why are we pretending that Kristen Bells character was 28-31?

We’re not? Her age was never discussed or implied.

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Anonymous wrote:Esther and MIL's characters make it obvious why Noah wants someone different.

Not judging you, but I find it interesting that you seem to have characterized a woman that is not the mother-in-law of any main character as a "MIL." Just goes to the different perspectives, how we think about people, and the stereotypes we hold.