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There is a term for this genre: Hasidsploitation. https://twitter.com/AyannaPrescod/status/959999399354093568
These are the rules of Chasidic/orthodox Jews in Hollywood:
Chekov's Sheitel: If there is a wig in a movie worn by a Chasidic woman, it is there only to be removed in a passionate illicit love scene
Chekov's Sheitel: If there is a wig in a movie worn by a Chasidic woman, it is there only to be removed in a passionate illicit love scene
The Jew's oldest profession: If a character needs to sell diamonds, especially in a rush or illegally, they will find a Chasidic Jew.
Three flavors: Chasidic men exist in three flavors: meek and studious, controlling and fanatical, or hypocritical and scummy.
There are literally no other types of Chasidic men.
There are literally no other types of Chasidic men.
There are two types of Chasidic women in film:
The pretty ones are there to be oppressed and rebel.
All the rest are there to cluck their tongues and be yentas.
The pretty ones are there to be oppressed and rebel.
All the rest are there to cluck their tongues and be yentas.
Onkelos's Razor: The obviously shallow plotline and character development involving Chasidic Jews is usually the ones the writers thought was right.
The @JYuter law: you will know a house is a Jewish home because it has lots of dusty English encyclopedias to look scholarly and a Menorah prominently displayed, no matter the time of year
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The Boruchdal Test: Can two Chasidic characters have a conversation at any point in the movie that mentions rabbis in anyway outside of "The rabbis have said it is forbidden"
The Boruchdal Test: Can two Chasidic characters have a conversation at any point in the movie that mentions rabbis in anyway outside of "The rabbis have said it is forbidden"
Or for that matter, can they ever have a normal conversation at all... Like the kinds we really have - say about sports or the weather or a joke
It's all in the accent: Chasidic Jews in New York will speak with Hebrew or Russian accents - never with Yiddish or New York accents...
You know someone is a main character because they have a real shortly trimmed beard.
You know someone is the rabbi because he has a big very short beard.
You know someone is the rabbi because he has a big very short beard.
The Tallis rule: If someone wears a Tallis, it will almost always be worn at night.
This is why the only 'chasidic' film that I'm remotely curious about is @TzadeikisFilm
The following lines are in every Hasidsploitation film:
"But our tradition forbids it"
"It is not done"
"Get out of my house"
"Matchmaker"
"Papa"
"Marry a scholar"
"But our tradition forbids it"
"It is not done"
"Get out of my house"
"Matchmaker"
"Papa"
"Marry a scholar"
Tough Jews: Chasidic Jews weren't persecuted by the KGB, they actually are the KGB.
Malevolent community patrols that brutally enforce community standards and spy on everyone constantly. Trust no one.
These characters are normally played by Israelis & have trimmed beards
Malevolent community patrols that brutally enforce community standards and spy on everyone constantly. Trust no one.
These characters are normally played by Israelis & have trimmed beards
