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In Reply to: RE: I actually thought he was perfectly cast. posted by Harmonia on November 11, 2009 at 11:48:01
has little or no sense of humor regarding his religion, according to his prior thread post. That's okay. But, having been raised a Catholic, I have no problem laughing at my "old" religion, or any other.
Actually, generations of Jewish comedians have found their faith a fertile source of mirth, from Mel Brooks through Woody Allen.
Would NO Jewish boy get stoned and attend his ceremony? I don't know, that's an awfully large assertion by JI. Cannot Rabbis be a rich source of humor, too? How about attorneys and doctors? Fact is, the Coen's lampooned pretty much everyone in this film, including the WASP neighbors, the Jewish Princess/Queen neighbor's wife (gosh, I wonder if ANY Jewish middle-aged wives smoked pot in those days?).
This was a hysterically funny film: the theater was rocking during many scenes. Like I mentioned, when it ended, there was a general wave of disappointment which flowed through the crowd: it wanted a lot more and so did I!
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The film was a major let down.
I don't mind humor that pokes fun at Judaism, especially if there's a point to it. This had no point except to say there are no answers in the faith. That is a fundamentally stark, serious message. And what humor there was failed more than succeeded. The characterizations were little more than cliches.
You frequently lie and your characterization of the theater "rocking" is suspect. When I saw this, there were all of five other people in the entire theater. If you're saying you saw it in a packed house i call BS. If you're saying what audience was there was hooting and hollering i gotta call BS again. It was tedious and boring. I found myself prying my eyes open throughout. It bombed and it deserved to. Burn After Reading was a blockbuster success compared to this feeble effort.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
I dunno if Tin is exaggerating for effect or not. Could be ;-) I know Tin does tend yo puch your buttons.
I can say for certain that I saw A Serious Man at Landmark Theater in Indianapolis, on a week night (Monday or Tuesday), and there must have been at least 30 people in the audience - it was in one of their larger auditoriums. And yes, people laughed out loud. And I presume the audience were both Jewish and gentile. It was predominantly a middle class crowd, but there was everyone from twenty-somethings to senior citizens. More middle American you cannot get. In fact, the Coens are very popular amongst the Indy arty crowd.
I'm sure other people share your disdain for the movie, but they weren't in evidence the particular night I saw it.
You appear to hold the minority opinion here too.
For the record, I can't agree with your first paragraph or your assesment of Burn After Reading either. But this is really enough...it's OK...I loathe Jaws despite all its success and popularity. But I try not to beat people up over it.
I laughed out loud too, especially during the anecdote about the gentleman with Hebrew lettering on his teeth. That was kind of clever. But even that anecdote didn't go anywhere. Nothing in the film did. It was stagnant.
Burn After Reading will kill A Serious Man at the box office, so if that's what we're measuring for success, it's no contest. BAR did $60 million in box office sales. So far A Serious Man did $6 million. That's an order of magnitude less. You can chalk most of it up to Clooney and Pitt being in BAR.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
The film, JI, was aimed at people like you, no wonder you couldn't laugh. The film showing I attended was at the Bijou cinema in Eugene; it was an evening performance, and the theater was 4/5s or so full. The disappointment was that the film had ended, not at the content. The crowd was buzzing as it exited, laughing.
Anyone that found "The Big Lebowski" funny will roar at this one, too.
It is unfortunate that this is marketed so heavily as a "Jewish" comedy. It applies to any belief system. Heck, you could imagine the Rabbis as Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice. Well, maybe you wouldn't find that humorous, either....
and having struck oscar gold, the Coens are mainstream by any definition. I wouldn't even characterize Big Lebowski as a cult film anymore. It's mainstream hollywood.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
You didn't like it.
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