NPR weighs in. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1053632682/jewish-roles-movies-tv-sarah-silverman
On Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 10:22 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 11:06 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think Tom makes the main point that there is a relevant discussion to >> be had here, but it easily regresses into progressive caricature when it >> abandons nuance and flexibility. >> >> I think the most problematic part of Silverman’s argument is the use of >> the term “Jewface” (not sure if that was part of the original Time article >> Tom refers to). The problem with Blackface is not primarily that famous >> white actors got roles denied Black actors. Blackface was explicitly part >> of a larger social process of stigmatizing, de-legitimizing and >> rationalizing a pervasive, violent antiBlack regime. The analogy is not to >> Rachel Brosnahan playing an attractive, intelligent and very likable Mrs >> Maisel, but maybe to something that could have existed in 1930s Germany >> with Aryans wearing stereotypical noses and clothing and enacting >> characters that would justify the attitudes and assumptions that led to the >> Holocaust. >> >> I don’t necessarily blame Silverman for this, the whole modern critique >> of blackface has tended to turn it into the “representation” issue that >> Silverman is writing about, which tends to minimize and trivialize what the >> problem with blackface was. >> > > Jewface wasn't in the Time article. That article was about being sensitive > to having Jewish women being excluded from stories about Jewish women. I > have a CD called Jewface, which is a collection of recordings of songs made > during the first decades of the previous century. The songs are from > vaudeville and are ethnic caricatures of Jewish characters. The songs are > written and performed by Jewish men. It's very far from minstrelsy and the > degradation of blackface. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEAkzWu2d4uHLDvNzqnL5jZH5VoLJ30EWVRqRStBS9UWg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEAkzWu2d4uHLDvNzqnL5jZH5VoLJ30EWVRqRStBS9UWg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzzu4do4M7R%2Bd-fBzCthH%2BSCrkifAPw9kd7Fg8COhbrSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
