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‘A Real Pain’ Is the Most Masterful Holocaust Movie I’ve Ever Seen

JL;DR SUMMARY "A Real Pain," Jesse Eisenberg's latest film streaming on Hulu, is a deeply personal and poignant exploration of Jewish identity and Holocaust legacy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FamilyHolocaustFilmJewish IdentityJewish HumorPolandTraumaLegacyJesse EisenbergKieran Culkin

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"We see the monuments in Warsaw, the colorful buildings in Lublin."
Lublin, Poland
"We see the monuments in Warsaw, the colorful buildings in Lublin."

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