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In her piece in Maclean's on why she believes Judd Apatow stole the idea for Knocked Up from her, Rebecca Eckler says that it's highly unlikely that anyone else could come up with the idea of a Canadian Jewish man as the hero of a Hollywood movie.
Well, in recent days Tearfree has been flooded with e-mail from irate Canadian Jewish mothers asking her to set the record straight.
So here goes, RTK is starting a list of Canadian Jewish men fit to have a Hollywood movie made about them. First off, Tearfree's contributions:
John M. Rosen The Toronto lawyer. Here's a guy who can defend Paul Bernardo and still come off looking a whole lot better than the IP legal crew chasing copyright infringement ambulances. Plus, he has great suits.
Julius Grey A high-profile Montreal lawyer with a certain je ne sais quoi even if he doesn't have Rosen's suits.
Apologies that they're both lawyers, but it's a demographic reality in analyzing populations of Jewish men.
22 comments:
Hallelujah, the biggest fish of them all LEONARD COHEN!!!!!!!
And how about Harold Ramis, someone Apatow has idolized for years, and Eugene Levy? How about David Steinberg?
The nerve of her suggestion!!!
Rick Salutin NOT
This is a bit off topic but someone told me the other day that Norman Jewison wasn't Jewish. I had just always assumed he was due to Fiddler on the Roof.
Does anyone know for sure?
Well, there's also Seth Rogen, who happens to be the star of the movie, despite the apparent twin handicaps of being Canadian and Jewish.
Even though he's straight, I find up and coming TV reporter Evan Solomon very hot.
Stephen Lewis. Delicious. Love his vocabulary. Get weak at the knees every time I book him.
Not hot in my books, but I think of Bronfman brothers, David Cronenberg, Howie Mandel, Isadore Sharp, Rick Moranis, Edward Greenspan, Marshall Rothstein (Supreme Court Justice), and Stephen Mandel (Edmonton's mayor).
Thank you, Tearfree. You are performing a real service here.
ewison = not Jewish although I thought he was too, what with that name and all. The Washington Post quotes his autobiography as saying: "For as long as I can remember I've always wanted to be a Jew."
The article says when he was "unexpectedly asked to helm "Fiddler," he amusingly said, "Oh my God, they think I'm Jewish!"
Hi there RTK!
Have come to you via trackbacks on the Blog of Ridicule, and am enjoying myself very much.
I haven't any hot Canadian Jews to add, unless you'll accept my non-famous ex-boyfriend.
The men don't have to be hot, just Jewish and leading suitably dramatic lives.
Peter Munk
The Reichmanns
I nominate my son, the doctor.
I dont know why its ridiculous for her to think that there'd be a Jewish Canadian in a movie. Any Apatow fan knows that in both Undeclared and 40 Year Old Virgin Rogen's characters are also explicitly Canadian and Jewish.
My son Ivan. Not a doctor but such a success. And in Hollywood, yet. What a coincidence, I was jus telling Sadie.
I second the nomination for my son Seth.
Mordecai Richler. Apart from the being dead thing, but really, does that matter?
Apparently someone is making a movie of St. Urbain's Horseman, which is, at least, semi-autobiographical, so you are right on, electric Landlady.
I second Leonard Cohen. In fact I just came here to post it first but anonymous 12:14 is way ahead of me. Sure he's a little elderly these days but, eh, he can pull it off. I have no doubt.
I've got another Jewish Hero -
David Steinberg, interviewed by Heather Reisman talks about the book of David. Funny guy.
He's making an appearance at Indigo Bay & Bloor (located at 55 Bloor Street West ) in Toronto on June 14, 2007 7:00 PM.
Not a huge fan of Eckler (being a guy and all) but I might point out this salient quote:
"What also got my back up was that Ben, the man who gets Alison knocked up, is not only Jewish, but from Canada, like my man. (I still can't figure out why the fact that someone was Canadian would add value to any movie.)"
It's the Canadian bit she couldn't understand (regarding adding value), not the Jewishness.
Are you all stupid? Have you not read the article? Is there so little about this trite "writer" to attack, that you have to make shit up?
BTW, and not for nothing, but My mom thinks Leonard is the sexiest.
You all are merely dumb. Peace out.
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