{"id":89856,"date":"2021-10-06T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=89856"},"modified":"2021-10-06T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:37:22","slug":"15-00-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=89856","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Silverman Criticizes \u2018Jewface\u2019 Casting in Hollywood After Kathryn Hahn Hired to Play Jewish Icon Joan Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Sarah Silverman Criticizes \u2018Jewface\u2019 Casting in Hollywood After Kathryn Hahn Hired to Play Jewish Icon Joan Rivers<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sarah Silverman. Photo: YouTube screenshot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman slammed Hollywood last week for what she called its long-standing practice of \u201cJewface\u201d after non-Jewish actress Kathryn Hahn was cast to play the late Jewish-American comedian and actress Joan Rivers in a new limited series.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKathryn Hahn did absolutely nothing wrong. She\u2019s a brilliant actor \u2026 She\u2019ll be great as Joan and singularly I have zero problem with it,\u201d Silverman began by saying on the Sept. 30 episode<\/a> of her podcast. \u201c[But] there\u2019s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish, but people whose Jewishness is their whole being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne could argue, for instance, that a Gentile playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called \u2018Jewface,’\u201d she added, referencing the act of casting non-Jews to portray Jewish characters and having them enact Jewish stereotypes, such as wearing a large fake nose or long beard and speaking with a Yiddish accent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Silverman further discussed antisemitic tropes that she said make people \u201cunsympathetic towards Jews,\u201d such as claims that \u201cJews run Hollywood\u201d and  \u201cJews are rich and powerful.\u201d She argued that Hahn playing Rivers in Showtime\u2019s limited series \u201cThe Comeback Girl\u201d is only the most recent example of \u201cJewface\u201d casting decisions, noting other instances where strong Jewish characters were played by non-Jewish actresses in film or television, including Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in \u201cOn the Basis of Sex,\u201d Rachel Brosnahan in \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,\u201d Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan in \u201cMrs. America\u201d and Rachel McAdams in \u201cDisobedience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hahn previously played a rabbi in the Amazon series \u201cTransparent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNone of these actresses are doing anything wrong, but collectively it\u2019s f***ed up,\u201d Silverman said. \u201cIn a time when the importance of representation is seen as so essential and so front and center why does ours constantly get breached? \u2026 It has to also finally matter for Jews as well. Especially Jewish women. The pattern in film is just undeniable and the pattern is: if the Jewish woman character is courageous or deserves love, she is never played by a Jew.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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