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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My husband is Jewish and he rolled his eyes at the tremendous diversity in the Hebrew school scenes. While we understand and support representation in movies, it wasn’t realistic and to a certain extent co-opts what is a singular Jewish experience[/b]. (I’m Catholic so I don’t have a dog in this fight.)

He also pointed out that Jewish mothers spend a year+ planning the event (while the movie made it seem like they are thrown together, including shopping for the dress at the last minute).

I would have loved to see Sara Silverman or Seinfeld or another Jewish comedian make a cameo. Missed opportunity. [/quote]

I was very distracted by this. [/quote]
It's so sad that diversity throws off some posters. I love to see it in movies and it makes more people feel included.
We've watched it twice with groups of middle schoolers who could not get enough. Watching it the second time I caught more cute details that really cement this one as a quotable classic. I think it will be one they all watch several times.[/quote]

If everything has to be racially diverse, then there can't be a show about Jews. This wasn't realistic. Would you be ok with a bunch of non-black people portraying the slaves in Roots?[/quote]

I feel as if you're trolling here, but just to reiterate - diverse areas of the country do have a diverse population of Jewish kids. I'm speaking as a Jewish person in a diverse region. AFAIK, there were no white slaves pre-Civil War. [/quote]

I am a different poster. Jews are a minority and we deserve to have our own space for art and culture just like other minorities deserve to have their own space. There was no need to misrepresent the Jewish day school or American Jews in the movie. There may be one or two non European looking kids in Jewish day schools at most. [/quote]

Wow. Then make your own art. This is Adam Sandler's art, and it represents what he believes in and what should be represented.

I brought up earlier that schitts creek portrayed a world without homophobia. Maybe some people would be offended by that, and say it downplays or ignores the struggles that homosexuals face. Well, then they are free to make their own show. There are Jews who would love their community to be as welcoming as possible and include many races and cultures more and more. You don't get to tell them no. [/quote]

I'm from that world and agree the diversity is very unrealistic.

But I think Adam Sandler was just looking to make a movie that felt broadly appealing and relatable to a mass-market audience, while putting it in this familiar and interesting vehicle of a bat mitzvah. It's just a movie, not a documentary, and so I don't see the big deal. He may also have thought homogeneity was not something to showcase for his movie or the community.[/quote]
+1 Very well stated. [/quote]

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