So apparently Daniel Radcliffe made some stupid anti-Semitic joke last weekend in The Guardian ("Did you hear how copper wire was invented? Two Jews fighting over a penny.), claiming that it’s OK to make such cracks because he’s a Jew. Bloggers, accordingly, got all pissed and started to pointing fingers and whatnot.
I’m more offended by the utterly lame joke.
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Norman_Fell
Jul 10, 2009
Where’s the evidence that he’s a Jew?
Jul 10, 2009
He told the Guardian that he is.
Jul 11, 2009
What’s the “evidence”? He’s mentioned his mother being Jewish (and father not being Jewish) quite a few times in the past.
On my end, I want the evidence that Woody Allen and Seth Rogen are Jews, because they’ve made a lot more Jewish jokes, not to men
geo8rge
Jul 11, 2009
For modern American readers the joke should read: Do you know how zinc wire was invented?
geo8rge
Jul 11, 2009
For modern American readers the joke should read: Do you know how zinc wire was invented?
scientician
Jul 12, 2009
Really? Is it worth getting worked up over an inane, innocuous Guardian article?
Jul 12, 2009
People do enjoy a good work-up.
MichaelLiss
Jul 12, 2009
How did anyone even get that far down in that article to get to it? Not to mention, his hanging out with the New York tranny set is the far more interesting bit.
Puck
Jul 12, 2009
Aaah the Courtney Love defence “It’s OK if I make anti-semitic comments, I have a Jewish relative!!”.
Radcliffe’s gone quite out of his way previously to point out that, although his mother is Jewish, he does not consider himself Jewish (unlike Rogen and
Jul 13, 2009
That’s not correct, Puck. Radcliffe has been saying something along the lines of “I’m very proud of being Jewish” for some time now (i.e. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-26/dirty-harry/full/). He never said he didn’t consider himsel
Puck
Jul 13, 2009
I’ve never been down with the “Jewish Atheist” thing personally.
Had he made an amusing joke, people would’ve been less offended. The reality is there’s nothing actually humorous or witty about his comment (much like the comments re: Obama & monkeys) it
Jul 13, 2009
Well, you may not be down with the “Jewish atheist” thing, but obviously such people are still Jewish. (And if you think Woody Allen isn’t some form of atheist, you’re kidding yourself).
I didn’t defend Radcliffe’s comment, I found it to be stupid and
Puck
Jul 13, 2009
“her comment was obviously playing to the old storyline of the money-grubbing Jewish”.
And Radcliffe’s wasn’t?? There’s a substantive difference (as you’re well aware” between a comedian taking the piss out of the way Jewish stereotypes are applied (Coe
Jul 14, 2009
Both Radcliffe and Love’s comments were playing to that stereotype – but at least Radcliffe made his in the context of a joke he was telling; Love just made an actual statement, meant to be taken seriously on whatever level. And, oh yeah and, unlike Radcl
Katey521
Jul 14, 2009
Maybe I just don’t get it but I don’t think it’s cool for either Jews or non-Jews to make jokes about Jews. I have been to Yad Vashim in Israel and seen the huge pile of shoes of the families that were killed. I think we should all encourage moving past s
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Oct 17, 2009
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