In this season two finale of Jews on Film, Daniel and Harry are joined by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris, co-hosts of the podcast A Bintel Brief, to discuss 2019’s “Booksmart” directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein.
They uncover the coded Jewishness in some of its lead and side characters, debate whether the film’s structure is inherently Jewish or not, and make the case that the film represents in “Jews in the writers’ room.”
As always, they end the episode by ranking the film’s Jewishness in terms of its cast & crew, content, and themes.
A Bintel Brief Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-bintel-brief/id1577539103
YouTube Trailer: https://youtu.be/VjGJm3wV5-I
IMDb Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/
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Follow Ginna Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ginnagreen
The book that loosely inspired "Booksmart" : Kate and Mona in the jungle
