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In ‘Yes!,’ Israeli director Nadav Lapid skewers his country’s ‘moral abyss’ after Oct. 7

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's latest film, "Yes!," presents a provocative and satirical depiction of Israel following the events of October 7. 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 IdentityCensorshipFreedom Of ExpressionIsrael Gaza ConflictNationalismSatireIsraeli CinemaMoral CritiqueNadav LapidDiaspora Perception

Places mentioned

United States
"the film ends with the real video of the Israeli girls singing of Gazas annihilation... arrives in U.S. theaters"
Iran
"particularly amid the joint U.S.-Israel war against Iran"
Paris, France
"They had to give up at least a certain part of this utopian fantasy... recalled, of one audience of Jews in France (Lapid lives in Paris)"

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