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The Brutal, Real Pain of Holocaust Portrayals in Hollywood

JL;DR SUMMARY Mallory Mosner's critique of Holocaust portrayals in Hollywood highlights pervasive issues such as the emphasis on non-Jewish saviors, sanitization of Jewish identities, and problematic narratives that humanize Nazi characters. 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 IdentityBradley CooperLeonard BernsteinHolocaust DenialHollywoodHolocaust RepresentationJewish NarrativesMedia CriticismFilm Awards

Places mentioned

Poland
"To paraphrase, around 3 million Jews (90 percent of Polands Jewish population) was murdered during the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945."
United States
"Holocaust films represent a tiny fraction of all movies that get made, yet they are overrepresented when it comes to Jewish stories and to industry accolades. Some 25 percent of all American-made Holocaust films have been nominated for an Academy Award; between 1960 and 2015, every other year, a Holocaust movie was nominated for one of the best foreign language films."
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland
"The liquidation of the Krakw Ghetto in March 1943 is the subject of a 15-minute segment in Schindlers List (photo: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/Wikipedia)"

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