Nobody Wants This on Netflix

[Anonymous]

I thought the siblings were great too, but where are they going with that? I actually think the marriage between Esther and Sasha is pretty healthy and nice. Are they really going to split them up?

[Anonymous]

Sooooo bad.

[Anonymous]

The wives are catty middle schoolers. Such a sad selection of Jewish women to highlight. Ugh. Hoped for better. We are better than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love it, binged over the weekend. My mid 40s daughter also loved it. We have no preconceived notions about Jewish people so it's all new to us, plus with the generally low quality of sit coms and rom coms we'll tolerate some stereotyping and stretches of reality.

Overall, A+

Then you must be the intended audience. This felt like a Jewish primer in different places. I have Jewish in-laws (not my direct in-laws, my DH was the product of an interfaith marriage) and I have learned a lot of small things from them. However, I knew what a shiksa, Shabbat, etc. were before ever being married. Defining everything felt pedantic.

Super cute though!

This was weird to me too. How do you live in a large coastal city and not know a lot of Jewish people and be familiar with some basic Yiddish and the central Jewish traditions. I am not Jewish and didn't marry in but I've been to plenty of Shabbat dinners and attended Jewish weddings and know what shiksa and goyim and other common yiddish words mean. Just like I also know what baby hairs are and some basic things about black hair care even though I've personally never needed that info for myself. I thought that this was just common knowledge if you live in a reasonably diverse community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the siblings were great too, but where are they going with that? I actually think the marriage between Esther and Sasha is pretty healthy and nice. Are they really going to split them up?

I have only watched two episodes but what is it about Esther's and Sasha's marriage that seems healthy and nice to you. So far she is portrayed as controlling and suspicious and treats him like a small child. And he acts like a small child.

I find Sasha and his dynamic with Noah very funny but that's largely because the actor is really funny. Esther feels like a total trope to me and while the actress is great I would not say her character or her marriage are aspirational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The wives are catty middle schoolers. Such a sad selection of Jewish women to highlight. Ugh. Hoped for better. We are better than that.

And the men are worse. I don’t get the hype of this show. I think reviews are rigged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, to be fair, a rabbi’s family would freak out if he started dating non-Jewish. That seems like a valid stereotype.

Maybe, but not that way. They all seemed like grotesque caricatures.

And I doubt he would have dated a non Jew, one who is obsessed with sex and shops openly for sex toys, and has a sex podcast. (Also all that was pretty stupid- as in not only isn't she Jewish,
she's a freaky Shiksa. Come on.) He might have thought about it, but no, because to be a rabbi that is his life trajectory and not in character.

I couldn't believe how immature this writing was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, to be fair, a rabbi’s family would freak out if he started dating non-Jewish. That seems like a valid stereotype.

Maybe, but not that way. They all seemed like grotesque caricatures.

And I doubt he would have dated a non Jew, one who is obsessed with sex and shops openly for sex toys, and has a sex podcast. (Also all that was pretty stupid- as in not only isn't she Jewish,
she's a freaky Shiksa. Come on.) He might have thought about it, but no, because to be a rabbi that is his life trajectory and not in character.

I couldn't believe how immature this writing was.

I mean very much depends on the synagogue and community. The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College officially allows people in interfaith relationships to become rabbis for instance.

It's not uncommon for Reform rabbis to officiate at interfaith weddings. Whereas a Conservative rabbi will not do that.

So there is a spectrum. Though based on the two episodes I've watched this appears to be a Conservative or Reform community and yeah an interfaith marriage for a rabbi would be frowned upon in most of these communities. Though most people would talk about it the way Noah talks about it when he first meets Joanne -- not as a judgment on non-Jews as bad people but due to the importance of the marital relationship within Judaism and the value seen in preserving Jewish traditions and having and raising Jewish children. There aren't a ton of American Jews in 2024 who would be screaming about a shiksa (at least not under the age of 70). Instead it would be like "she seems perfectly nice but you have an obligation to your faith."

[Anonymous]

Live when she meets the 12-yo niece and offers clothes and says, “we’re the same size”

[Anonymous]

Where he misses the shuttle and then runs and is out of breath and forces a kiss .. just so “The Proposal” regurgitated.

This series had so much promise, but instead was cheap plots, tacky sexist stereotypes, and TIRED. Disappointing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the siblings were great too, but where are they going with that? I actually think the marriage between Esther and Sasha is pretty healthy and nice. Are they really going to split them up?

I don’t get the vibes they’re going to split up the marriage. I think the point of that friendship is to make a point about men and women being able to be friends outside of a sexual relationship which can be difficult once people are married and the sisters presence is clearly loosening Esther up in a good way - hence the cutting up of the Bat Mitzah dress in the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

I have such a huge crush on Adam Brody. He looks so cute in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The wives are catty middle schoolers. Such a sad selection of Jewish women to highlight. Ugh. Hoped for better. We are better than that.

And the men are worse. I don’t get the hype of this show. I think reviews are rigged.

Probably by space lasers.

[Anonymous]

It’s a rip off of Keeping the Faith, minus the priest.

[Anonymous]

He needs to shave the patchy facial hair