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[quote=Anonymous]Is Martha Kauffman - one of the Friends writer going to be involved in US production of Shtisell Spinoff ?

"Three years after Shtisel first charmed Israeli television audiences with its humanistic, nuanced take on ultra-Orthodox life, the hit series is now cocked to migrate to America. Last week, Amazon announced its plans to adapt Shtisel for U.S. audiences. The remake will be titled Emmis.

Given that Shtisel is set in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood, will Emmis converge on Monsey? Borough Park? Wherever it lands, Amazon's version will inevitably be held up to the standard of its Sabra format. That's a high bar indeed: Over the course of two 12-episode seasons, Shtisel has not only racked up awards, it has also mesmerized both secular and religious communities alike. The YES Satellite Network series has even provided a social link, giving non-religious Israelis a sympathetic peek into the quotidian stirrings of their often resented, pious co-nationalists, and pulling back the curtain on sensitive if not downright taboo subjects for the Haredim.

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Just as Shtisel appeals to a broad swath of Israeli viewers, its stateside incarnation will also target a crossover audience. Etan Cohen was tapped to write Amazon's new show. The Maimonides School and Harvard grad came up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Efrat, Israel and Sharon, Massachusetts, and honed his craft in the unhallowed halls of American comedy. With credits spanning the Harvard Lampoon and Beavis and Butt-Head -- as well as Hollywood satires from Tropic Thunder to Men in Black 3 to Get Hard, it's easy to imagine that the gentle, understated qualities that have made Shtisel a critical darling may be translated into a sillier pop culture idiom. [b]Here's hoping that producer Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends and Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, will help polish any giddy excesses into a more graceful tone.[/b] "
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