Miriam and Shoshana — the hardcore Jewish gangster girls from Pico-Robertson
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2008
Category
satire
How Hollywood’s Hunt ‘Found’ Elinor Lipman’s novel
Anita K. Kantrowitz
April 25, 2008
Elinor Lipman, writer of smart and often hilarious modern-day social satire, considers herself \”the luckiest writer.\” Her first novel, \”Then She Found Me,\” well-received when it was published in 1990 and selling steadily ever since, has inspired the film of the same name — starring, co-written and directed by Helen Hunt — that opens in theaters this Friday.
VIDEO: It’s Not Fair – Let The Jews In Hollywood!
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2008
When the Writers went on strike, even comedy paid a price.
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Jewish Journal
December 22, 2007
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Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!
Steven Rosen
November 16, 2006
In their previous screenplay collaborations, Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy have satirized such offbeat subjects as small-town theatrical productions (\”Waiting for Guffman\”), championship dog shows (\”Best in Show\”), and old folk music groups (\”A Mighty Wind\”).But for their latest, \”For Your Consideration,\” they\’ve really gone out on a limb with an obscure target — Purim movies.\”For Your Consideration\” chronicles the making of a tear-jerking melodrama, \”Home for Purim,\” in which the dying matriarch of a Southern Jewish family, Esther Pischer (Catherine O\’Hara), waits for the holiday-season return of her wayward daughter, Rachel (Parker Posey). Both the Yiddish and the southern accents are thick.
If Borat has offended … then he’s done his job
Steven Rosen
November 2, 2006
\”Borat\” release – will a mass, mainstream audience get the film\’s satiric sensibilities, or, rather, be offended by its political incorrectness and by its lead character.
The operatic model of a punk rock major satire
Robert David Jaffee
October 26, 2006
Mixing punk rock and opera may be about as heretical as it gets, yet that is precisely what Julien Nitzberg, librettist and lyricist of \”The Beastly Bombing,\” has done.
Defying Nazis? Sure! It’s all in a days work
Tom Tugend
September 28, 2006
Of the books written on German militarism, \”The Captain From Koepenick,\” by German playwright Carl Zuckmayer, is one of the great all-time satires.
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