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We need to talk about that honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme’

JL;DR SUMMARY Josh Safdie's film "Marty Supreme" follows the journey of Marty Mauser, a Jewish table tennis player in the 1950s navigating personal and cultural challenges post-Holocaust. 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 IdentityFilm CriticismHolocaust NarrativesTimothe ChalametJosh SafdieCultural StorytellingMarty SupremeAlojzy EhrlichComedy DramaCinema Reactions

Places mentioned

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
"My audience in Wilmington, North Carolina, certainly had a good chuckle with the exception of my mother who instantly started sobbing."
New York, United States
"InThe New York Times, Marie Solis explored the inappropriate laughter in movie theaters that seems to be increasingly common."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"But Kletzkis story is based on the real experiences of Alojzy Ehrlich, a ping-pong player imprisoned at Auschwitz."
Egypt
"His drive to reclaim Jewish pride is further underscored when he brings back a piece of an Egyptian pyramid to his mother, telling her We built this."

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