Just listened to a new WTF Podcast with comedian Will Franken and they had an interesting chat about Jewish people.
For those who don’t listen to the podcast, Marc Marron, the host of the show is a Jewish comedian who has New Jersey roots but grew up in New Mexico. The show is usually him interviewing comedians. He is not an observant Jew and has some hang-ups about his faith but seems to have the usual Jewish pride, especially for someone in comedy. I am curious to know what my friends, (+ all my readers, groupies, fans) members of the tribe or not, think of this discussion and Franken’s comments as well as his tone. I have some opinions but wondering first what others think....
Marc has a few minute introduction before the interview and then the Jewish part of the chat is at the beginning of the interview. The rest of it is kind of deep for a comedy interview, the guy seems pretty messed up and kind of angry, they get into talk about drugs, religion, problem childhood, etc. you don’t need to listen to the whole thing. There are many which are much more interesting and funny but check out from like 10 minutes in until around 25 minutes. Discuss.....
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Ok people, since none of you commented yet, I will start. I think that Will is pretty clueless about Judaism. He seems pretty confused and I am not surprised that the Chabad Rabbi was not super welcoming to this guy. I guess that could turn some off of Judaism, but we are the opposite of a proselytizing/ take anybody faith. Any one who is serious about checking us out should do their homework and know that going in. Also, I am not surprised that Will does not know that there are poor Jews and this is a common misperception I have heard from other non Jews. It is kind of funny that Marc gets so mad that someone would not believe that Jews are not all rich. Will is clueless yes, but that is a common view.
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