“Funny, He Doesn’t Look Unconventional.”

Last month, “_The New Yorker’s_”:http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/23/070723fa_fact_denby David Denby said of Seth Rogen: “He has the round face and sottish grin of a Jewish Bacchus.” Meanwhile, “Defamer”:http://defamer.com/hollywood/urine/revisiting-jonah-hills-pee+stained-rap-sheet-289003.php recently cited Jonah Hill as proof of “Hollywood’s current love affair with doughy and nonthreatening Semitic writer/actor/comedians.” And yesterday, “_The New York Press_”:http://www.nypress.com/20/33/film/.cfm went so far as to proclaim the cinematic moment represented by Apatow and Rogen, the “Jew Wave.”

Apatow and Rogen seem to agree with these ethnic readings of their work. “On _EW.com_”:http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20050904_2,00.html they suggest that when people say they love the “unconventional” heroes of _Knocked Up_ and _Superbad_ they really mean the _Jewish_ heroes. As in: “There are too many goddamn unconventionals at this country club,” jokes Rogen.

What do you think?

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Josh became an editor-at-large after accruing exorbitant legal fees as the publisher of Heeb in his efforts to trademark the word "irreverent." Follow him on Twitter @joshuaneuman.

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  1. E.Steven

    For some reason, I’ve always pictured Hesed as looking like Seth Rogen. Hesed, do you look like Seth Rogen?

    On another note, would Larry David be considered an example of threatening Semitic writer/actor/comedians?

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