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Posts Tagged ‘Jewish’

The Infidel – an East End ‘skin flick’

by Gil Toffell • 8 Jun 10
Journal: Reviews | film

Earlier this year, walking the south side of Whitechapel High Street in London’s East End I passed an advertisement for the cinematic release of the film The Infidel. Staring at me from a poster on the side of a bus stop was the film’s hero Omid Djalili. A curious figure he’s presented as cultural confusion embodied.


The Politics of Brisket: Jews and The Wire

by Keith Kahn-Harris • 29 May 09
Journal: Issues | The Wire Files [4]

The Wire generally avoids simple characterisations of heroes and villains in favour of ambiguous, finely drawn characters. Our expectations of characters’ behaviours are constantly challenged and played with. But in this world of complex motivations and contradictory actions, the lawyer Maurice Levy stands out…