Opposites Detract: Jew vs. Blueblood
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Because no good joke in Hollywood goes untold again ... and again, the mixed-couple setup receives another extended workout in this modestly amusing sequel.
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Tycho:  When we were working on our first serious comic project, a comic about angels in high-school that would probably have made us wealthy beyond mortal imaginings, we got into our first real fight about religion.  Shaking with rage, he essentially threw me out of his house.  He called me up a few hours later to play Duke, but still.  We never talked about the comic again.  We try never to discuss anything of substance if we can help it, though we do allow an annual fracas as a gift to one another.  Oh, and here's a Gabe tip:  never end the Lord's Prayer with "Psyche."  Never.
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Since World War II, no two candidates have had such strikingly similar backgrounds of class and privilege. So, why do these guys dislike each other so much?
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Why is racism considered bad in the real world -- but part of the fun in virtual worlds? By Clive Thompson.
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'You are such an anti-semitic turd' FoTW Regular readers will be aware of the Vulture Central tradition which dicates that you're not a fully-fledged Reg hack until you've been subjected to a vicious outburst of e-anger from some reader with steam coming out of his or her ears.â¦
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Comment is free: Anne Karpf:  Half of Poland's war dead were Jews - and the Polish record on Jews is a mite troublesome.
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Two unlikely foes have launched a mock feud to be waged in a sea of green.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Aitken: A row over 'theological extremism' at an Oxford college seems little more than a personality clash.
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Philip Roth puts his longtime alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman, out of his misery. Roth won't miss himâhe's on to the nextâbut what about us?
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A new play suggests John Amery rebelled against his father's concealment of his Jewishness
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Two stand-up comics accused of making  light of the Holocaust at the Edinburgh Fringe festival hit  back at their critics on Tuesday, igniting a debate about  where, if anywhere, to draw the line in comedy.
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Some people might resent being mocked on national television by Bob Eubanks. But Mark Fordham is philosophical about it.
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Muslims and Jews, a tiny slice of the U.S. population, are looking for new ways to get along that could set a worldwide example for two ancient but often alienated faiths, religious leaders and experts say.
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Sean Connery thinks a Scottish nation is a bonnie notion. How about Spain's Basque country becoming a REAL country? And what's wrong with a People's Republic of Vermont?
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Hollywood players pick sides in the competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards.
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If there is one thing on which Jews can agree, it is this: it's good to argue. Jewish culture has thrived on argument - frank, sincere disagreement - ever since Moses disputed with God.Comment
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If you are going to go  up against George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart (&quot;The Man Who Came  to Dinner&quot;) and Jean Renoir (&quot;Boudu Saved From Drowning&quot;) to  tell the old chestnut about an impossible house guest who will  not leave, then you&#039;d better have the comedic and dramatic  goods.