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How I learned to laugh at neo-Nazis

JL;DR SUMMARY Mira Fox critiques the repetitive genre of Jewish films that focus on grave warnings about Nazism and antisemitism, arguing that they often become tiresome and ineffective. 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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Jewish IdentityChristian NationalismExtremismNeo NazismIdeologyComedySatireFilm CritiqueOscar NominationsLeonardo Dicaprio

Places mentioned

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
"In Nuremberg, characters observe, in serious tones, that even seemingly normal people can be capable of great evil."

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