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Sep. 21st, 2023 10:26 pmA Price Above Rubies
Jews do not dance in this movie, which is about a young Chasidic bride in Boro Park who discovers she does not want to be Chasidic. Played by Renee Zellweger, who struggles valiantly against a terrible script. But I knew this was going to be a nightmare from the moment in the opening credits when it warned that this was a Miramax picture. There are ways people wield the epithet 'self-hating Jew' that are toxic, but I don't think anybody is going to argue with me too vigorously if I say that Harvey Weinstein is a self-hating Jew and this movie carries the stink of Jewish self-hatred all over it, and morever, it betrays a disinterest in the lives of its subjects.
I have my own objections to it, but Unorthodox covered this ground a lot more satisfyingly.
Jews do not dance in this movie, which is about a young Chasidic bride in Boro Park who discovers she does not want to be Chasidic. Played by Renee Zellweger, who struggles valiantly against a terrible script. But I knew this was going to be a nightmare from the moment in the opening credits when it warned that this was a Miramax picture. There are ways people wield the epithet 'self-hating Jew' that are toxic, but I don't think anybody is going to argue with me too vigorously if I say that Harvey Weinstein is a self-hating Jew and this movie carries the stink of Jewish self-hatred all over it, and morever, it betrays a disinterest in the lives of its subjects.
I have my own objections to it, but Unorthodox covered this ground a lot more satisfyingly.