Jewish Stereo Types

...because they were faced with more than their fair share of "too sweet" critiques: You may have to bump up the volume for this recording of Kelli O'Hara singing "I Whistle a Happy Tune" Video posted by Rodgers & Hammerstein Then there's the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald singing the now-controversial "Happy Talk" (but surely the message of South Pacific should count--or should it? Drop a line in the comments if you've got some thoughts about that, please) Video posted by A Trip Down Memory Lane And there's Julie Andrews bringing us a list of what makes her character happy, "My Favorite Things" Video posted by Fox Family Entertainment Hello to you, too! *** As I've written before , Richard Rodgers (his father changed the family's last name from Abrahams) was Jewish, and one of the most influential composers on Broadway, first with Lorenz Hart, then with Oscar Hammerstein, and lastly, in a series of one...

I really should have thought of this one before: Video posted by Sophia BP I mean, it was good enough for Lin-Manuel Miranda, right? Video posted by usnavi (Is this what happens at every Tony winner's wedding? Because this has not happened at any wedding I've been at. I feel like this should happen at more weddings.) *** I cannot help but feel that it is a trifle unnecessary to say that Jerry Bock (the composer) and Sheldon Harnick (the lyricist) of Fiddler on the Roof were Jewish. (As were the book writer, Joseph Stein ; the producer of the original Broadway production, Hal Prince ; and the director/choreographer of that same production, Jerome Robbins . So much for Mel Brooks and his "phalanx of Jews" !). Both Bock and Harnick wrote with others, but together they wrote the songs for at least eight Broadway musicals, including Fiorello! , the under appreciated She Loves Me , and The Rothschilds , and along the way picked up three Tonys. L'Chaim! *...

I don't suppose you can really call it a dance, can you--more a routine. But who cares? Video posted by ozabbavo77 Talk about classic comedy! And if you want to brave a Russian site, you can see Joseph Gordon-Levitt interpret/recreate the number on SNL , which while considerably less frenetic is at least as impressive an accomplishment considering that he made it all the way through on live TV--and then did the rest of the show--while when Donald O'Connor performed that tour de force of physical comedy he was so bruised and battered he had to retreat to bed for several days after filming the number. Ouch! Of course, there is a teensy little problem with the song itself. Arthur Freed was a producer at MGM, responsible for many of the best musicals to come out of Hollywood, but before that he was a lyricist, and together with composer Nacio Herb Brown had written a nice catalog of songs that he thought could be put to good use in a movie. Being an excellent producer, his wh...