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Is ‘A Real Pain’ the Jewish Oscar film we’ve been waiting for?

JL;DR SUMMARY Jesse Eisenberg's film "A Real Pain" offers a refreshing take on Jewish narratives in cinema, contrasting the usual depictions of Jewish trauma often seen in Hollywood's Holocaust films. 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 TraditionsJewish HeritageJewish TraumaJewish ComedyJesse EisenbergA Real PainKieran CulkinHolocaust NarrativesDave And BenjiHollywood Stereotypes

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Poland
"The movie, which follows two cousins, Dave and Benji, on a Holocaust tour of Poland, differs from typical Oscar-nominated Holocaust films, which tend to be narratives from the view of victims."
Israel
"to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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