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Summer Sneaks

Not Just a Gigolo

It’s hard to avoid bad puns when discussing HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Hung.” The half-hour comedy-drama revolves around Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane), a broke Detroit high school basketball coach who decides to become a gigolo when he realizes his “winning tool” — as his self-help guru puts it — is his supersized Johnson. There is also Ray’s idealistic poet-pimp, Tanya, who envisions him as a “happiness consultant”; Ray’s high-strung ex-wife (Anne Heche); their two sullen teenagers; and Tanya’s predatory competitor, Lenore (Rebecca Creskoff).\n

Jeff Garlin…Seriously

An hour before the start of Jeff Garlin’s recent stand-up show at Upright Citizens Brigade in Hollywood, a huge line had formed around the block on Franklin Avenue, obstructing the entrances to adjacent cafes and a clothing store.\n

Summer Films That Provoke

Once again, this season’s lineup defies the popular assumption that films released during the summer have to be either big blockbusters or vapid youth-oriented fare designed to appeal to less discriminating, mainstream audiences. At least two upcoming films promise to provoke discussion — one deals with homosexuality in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox community; the other paints a heroic picture of a loyal Nazi party member called “the Oskar Schindler of China” by The New York Times.

Summertime and the reading is… Diverse

Summer is coming, and here are a few good reads for long flights or lounging by the pool — some newly published, some coming soon, some recently reviewed in the book columns in the Jewish Journal and on jewishjournal.com.

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