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Originally Posted by dlish
thats interesting....
here's one for you Xazy...
how do jews ( orthodox and non orthodox) view John Stewart?
i know he mixes his jewish jokes into his show, and he gets away with it because he is jewish. Do jews find it offensive? Or is it water under the bridge because he's jewish?
a muslim comedian telling the same jokes would cop a scathing attack in the same way that a white dude telling black jokes would cop a mouthful.
your thoughts?
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I find Jon Stewart like Sarah Silverman a comedian. I do not take him seriously since I do not think he even takes his jokes seriously.
I laugh at racial jokes but if you think about it, does a racial joke help remove barriers psychologically or reinforce them. I can not honestly say, but I do enjoy a good joke.
Most orthodox jews would not know who either are or have seen any of their programs. The modern-orthodox who have television, see movies would see him as a comedian. The rest I can not say since they probably do not care at all about him or even know who he is.
But this is just a my general opinion how they would take it. As to non-orthodox I really can not say I would assume they would feel like modern-orthodox.