Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems, and the Jewish Action Antihero with Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black called Marty Supreme ‘Jewsploitation.’ I took the film as an existential gut-punch. We both revere it as ‘Jewish art.’

Please enjoy this celebration of Josh Safdie’s filmography – including 2019’s Uncut Gems – and the wider genre of Jewsploitation. In this discussion, Michael and I covered:

• The 2023 satirical TV series The Curse, co-created by Josh’s bother (and Uncut Gems co-creator) Bennie Safdie and Nathan Fielder

• The works of Woody Allen

• The works of Joel and Ethan Coen

• 1987’s Dirty Dancing

• 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer (in which Michael appears)

• The Holocaust graphic novel Maus

• 1986’s An American Tail

• American zionism and antizionism after October 7

Please also take some time to read Michael’s original essay on Marty Supreme:

The Jewsploitation of Josh Safdie

And my certain thoughts on the film:

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Previously, on Certain Thoughts:

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