(Jewish Group) In Jonah Hill's offensive new movie, a Black-Jewish love story comes with a side of..
In Jonah Hills offensive new movie, a Black-Jewish love story comes with a side of conspiracy theories
Are Jews white? Its a question that has dominated conversations since the Black Lives Matters protests of 2020. Jews often present as white, and hold economic privilege, yet the recent uptick of antisemitic incidents, whether Kanye Wests months-long outburst or attacks on Hasidic Jews on Brooklyn streets, shows that its not quite so simple.
You People, a new slapstick rom-com from Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris, tweaks that big conversation just a little bit. It takes as a given that Jews are white, and asks, instead, whether Jews are actually the worst kind of white people.
Drawing heavily from Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, the new movie follows an interracial couple as they try to make it work between their two families. Ezra (Hill) is a NJB who works in finance, but his real passion is the hip-hop podcast he runs with his best friend, a queer Black woman named Mo. He falls in love with Amira (Lauren London), a Black fashion designer; the two connect over their shared love of street style.
But we dont actually see much of Ezra and Amiras love story, which is neatly packaged into a montage early on. Instead, were focused on their parents. Theres Akbar, played by Eddie Murphy, Amiras dad and a Nation of Islam convert; and Shelley, a frenetic Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Ezras wealthy, tactless mother.
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I haven't seen it. Anyone?