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When Jews Were Funny (2013)
From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish. Jews came to dominate the world of westernâsociety comedy on radio, stage and screen alike.Why did Jews dominate comedy in this period? And why did that domination end? Were Jews just funnier back then? And if so, did that extend to your average Jew on the street? In this 90 minute documentary acclaimed director Alan Zweig will examine these questions and many others in this exploration of 20th century humour, cultural decay, and a search for a missing heritage.
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5 Comments
Daniel Walber 04 Jun 2014
Director Alan Zweig's own anxieties get in the way of his larger questions about humor and Jewish identity, leaving us with more yuks than nuanced ideas.
Amanda C 14 Jan 2015
A nice little look into the legacy of Jewish comedians. It's not quite sure of it's point, and it might not even have one outside of the impossible task of defining Jewishness. Fortunately director Alan Zweig has a great rapore with his subjects who are themselves interesting characters. That's enough to make an enjoyable talking heads doc.
Jay Stone 20 Dec 2013
It's a jumbled purpose in a film that is otherwise rambling conversation with some grand old names.
Louise C 16 Sep 2013
This documentary showed interviews with different Jewish comedians about why Jews dominated comedy in America more in the past than in the current day (whether I agree with that premise is a separate issue). The theory was that the more you suffer, the funnier you are, and modern-day American Jews have it too good to be too funny. I mostly just enjoyed the movie, because everyone made jokes like my Zadie.
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