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Sarah Silverman says Hollywood has a ‘Jewface’ problem
New York Post ^ | October 4, 2021 | October 4, 2021

Posted on 10/04/2021 1:26:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Sarah Silverman called out Hollywood’s tendency to cast non-Jewish actors to play Jewish characters, referring to the practice as “Jewface.”

The comedian, 50, pointed to Kathryn Hahn as the most recent example after the Catholic-raised actress, 48, was tapped to portray the late Joan Rivers, who was Jewish, in an upcoming limited series.

“There’s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish but people whose Jewishness is their whole being,” Silverman said in Thursday’s episode of her eponymous podcast, adding, “One could argue, for instance, that a Gentile [a non-Jew] playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called ‘Jewface.'”

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To: nickcarraway

What about using a skank faced ho to play a non-skank faced ho, Sarah?


41 posted on 10/04/2021 2:06:16 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: doorgunner69
Jewish Eli Wallach was the best Mexican ever as Tuco.

And he was great as Sicilian mobster "Don Altobello" in The Godfather III.

42 posted on 10/04/2021 2:06:24 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. --Matthew 24:12)
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To: nickcarraway
non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish. . .

Uh-huh. So you're an actress? Tell me. Do you do Shakespeare sometimes in the summer at festivals? . . . Did you play drug addicts in acting class? (Doesn't everybody?)

What? You're not Elizabethan? You're not even English? Or Catholic? (Shakespeare was from a family of underground Catholics at a time in England when it was a capital crime.) And you're not a drug addict?

Why, you must be racist, or maybe an anti-Semitic Jew. Or one of those other "-ist" words. Back in reality, common humanity, imagination, and a lot of immersion open up any soul you have to play.

Maybe you're not much of an actress. In any case, you're clearly jealous of the gal who got the part.

43 posted on 10/04/2021 2:06:41 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: monkeyshine

Tuco would tell Silverman “If you’re gonna shoot, shoot. Don’t talk!”.


44 posted on 10/04/2021 2:06:51 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: nickcarraway

I’m calling bee ess on this.

Since when has Sarah Silverman been concerned with the plight of the Jews?


45 posted on 10/04/2021 2:07:04 PM PDT by sauropod (Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
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To: PLMerite

I used to think she was hot. I don’t think she is remotely funny nor do I think her opinions matter. She pretty much is a typical loser who wants attention.


46 posted on 10/04/2021 2:15:09 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
She also spewed hatred toward aging Jewish parents during Zero's campaign.

47 posted on 10/04/2021 2:23:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: lp boonie

Exactly.


48 posted on 10/04/2021 2:26:50 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Dr. Sivana

John Wayne played Genghis Khan.


49 posted on 10/04/2021 2:28:34 PM PDT by karnage
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To: nickcarraway
And vice versa: Jews play Gentiles all the time.

I predicted this would be the next big controversy.

It wasn't very hard to see it coming.

P.S. Everybody familiar with Kathryn Hahn's work assumes she's Jewish.

50 posted on 10/04/2021 2:33:31 PM PDT by x
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To: nickcarraway

Thank you Sarah Silverman... moving right along to the next Hollywood declared ‘emergency’ we have....


51 posted on 10/04/2021 2:33:45 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: nickcarraway

Well I’m sick of so so looking Jewish actors being paired with beautiful women.

Sorcerer’s Apprentice guy, Night at the Museum guy.


52 posted on 10/04/2021 2:35:00 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: AmericanMermaid

I rode down an elevator at GW hospital with James Carville (when his wife was having a baby) and asked him, “Are you who I think you are?”
He said he was.
I, very politely replied, “Please give your wife my best.”
I hope he intuited the unstated part of my sentiment.


53 posted on 10/04/2021 2:36:10 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: nickcarraway

BTW, Silverman did Blackface herself, so she shouldn’t be leading the way on this.


54 posted on 10/04/2021 2:36:22 PM PDT by x
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To: nickcarraway

Is she going to cancel Leonard Nimoy for “Vulcanface”?


55 posted on 10/04/2021 2:39:21 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: nickcarraway

In Hollywood action movies, anti-gun actors are often playing pro-2nd Amendment Americans. LOL


56 posted on 10/04/2021 2:41:27 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: nickcarraway
But she can play this.


57 posted on 10/04/2021 2:41:40 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

..... Hmmm .... I wonder if Sarah Silverman has played any Non-Jewish roles??????


58 posted on 10/04/2021 2:42:03 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: nickcarraway

One word: Hamilton


59 posted on 10/04/2021 2:54:43 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: lp boonie

Apparently not anymore! Please people have been faking they are for decades, and now this smarmy, skanky, low info democrat wants to jump on the “cultural appropriation” bandwagon? 🤔

Sorry Sarah. You were cancelled a LONG time ago by the people paying your bills. Time for you to return to tossing your bod at anyone who will pay you a few bucks


60 posted on 10/04/2021 2:56:23 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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