| T.R | Title | User | Personal
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| 709.1 | Crossing Delancey... yech! | VAXWRK::ZAITCHIK | VAXworkers of the World Unite! | Wed May 31 1989 22:05 | 10 |
| > I saw a couple of pretty good movies recently.....
> "Crossing Delancey" with Amy Irving and Peter Riegert
I didn't like it because I couldn't figure out why a nice
guy like the pickle man would be interested in such a
superficial person as what's-her-name!
Anyone else feel this way?
-Zaitch
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| 709.2 | n | LDP::GOLD | Jack E. Gold, MRO4 | Wed Jun 07 1989 12:48 | 11 |
| It's also very interesting that a seemingly religious guy (goes
to shul to daven each morning), would go out to eat at restaurants
that didn't look Kosher. All in all, it was an interesting movie,
not so much from the Jewish perspective, as from the human one.
I think it was supposed to be a story of redemption; the woman with
problems who finds a nice man she rejects because of predjudice
of his life style who turns araound and accepts him and his life
style as the one she wants. Seems a bit much to me, but I did enjoy
the movie anyway.
Jack
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| 709.3 | Some Thoughts | ABE::STARIN | Connecticut Yankee | Wed Jun 07 1989 13:34 | 14 |
| Re .1:
Yeah, he was kind of a doormat for her. I doubt if anybody could
have been that patient for that long in reality.
Re .2:
It didn't occur to me (show's you what I know) until you mentioned
it that such an observant person would have never eaten in a non-Kosher
restaurant.
Other than that it had some good points.
Mark
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| 709.4 | Okay, Siskel, now it's Eberts' turn | VAX4::RADWIN | | Wed Jun 07 1989 17:40 | 16 |
| re: < Note 709.3 by ABE::STARIN "Connecticut Yankee" >
-< Some Thoughts >-
>> Yeah, he was kind of a doormat for her. I doubt if anybody could
>> have been that patient for that long in reality.
For me, the most enjoyable aspect of the movie was the positive
portrayal of an obviously Jewish male character. He seemed someone
with a clear and positive sense of who he was, and he lacked the
nebishie (sp?) qualities that often mark Jewish characters in,
for example, Neil Simon or Woody Allen films, the latter of which I
typically enjoy anyway.
Gene
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| 709.5 | Some Observant Jews Do Eat at Non-Kosher Restaurants | MAGI::EPSTEIN | Sara Epstein - Star Fleet Reservations | Wed Jun 07 1989 20:00 | 8 |
| re: .2 & .3
I know a lot of kosher, religious, shomer shabbos people who
go out to eat in everyday restaurants. They are very careful
about what they order and how it is prepared. I don't think
that part of the movie was unrealistic.
Sara
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| 709.6 | The Scene Stealers | ABE::STARIN | Connecticut Yankee | Fri Jun 09 1989 11:00 | 4 |
| I couldn't decide who stole more scenes in "Crossing Delancey" -
the matchmaker or the grandmother. I'd say it's too close to call.
Mark
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