Dumb or Anti-Semitic? Critics Weigh In on Lena Dunham
Thoughts from NYT's religion columnist, The National Review's Jonah Goldberg and a Norwegian cartoonist.
The general consensus from the thoughtful side of the Lena Dunham reaction pile is that her “Shouts & Murmurs” piece in the March 30 issue of The New Yorker is not anti-Semitic.
New York Times religion columnist Mark Oppenheimer, writing this morning for Time, disputes editor David Remnick’s statement that Dunham was working in the Lenny Bruce, Larry David and Sarah Silverman vein. He suggests that the Jewish characters in Girls are not lovable, a la Curb, nor does Dunham make her Jewish self the butt of “Member of the Tribe” jokes, a la Silverman:
Is Dunham an anti-Semite? Of course not.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in