kleptophobiac t1_j6oo1r9 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:33 PM

Can we also talk about including the Nation of Islam without making fun of it, in a FUCKING COMEDY??? It's not a documentary. Literally a sect of hate and antisemitism.

I didn't like this movie much, but I thought his parents' reaction to the Farrakhan part of that conversation was one of the only non on-the-nose parts of the entire film. I definitely got the message that they were appalled, but scriptwise there's no need for them to specifically call out Nation of Islam chapter and verse for their transgressions.

kirill_da_thrill OP t1_j6opty7 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:44 PM

No need to call it out, but why include it? The obviously werent going to include any antisemitic stuff in it, so why the need to have a Farrakhan cocksucker in the movie?

kleptophobiac t1_j6osvu1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:03 PM

You don't think any of the characters expressed antisemitic views?

kirill_da_thrill OP t1_j6ov6ux wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Are there any antisemitic jokes from the antisemitic characters? Are there any explicit expression of antismitism?

kleptophobiac t1_j6p2ou2 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:03 PM

So Eddie Murphy and his wife and their friends were only iffy on Jonah's character because he was a podcaster?

But also, I'm going to go ahead and count belittling the Holocaust because "Jews are doing just fine, aren't they?" as pretty blatant. Your mileage may vary, I guess.