Already hailed as a classic, Emma Seligman’s razor-sharp new comedy joins a long tradition of movies delving into the culture and rituals of JudaismEarlier this week, the best comedy of the year played in cinemas for a one-night-only engagement.
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Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is a blunt, salty-sharp blast of inspired farce, arriving in the UK on a tide of cultish enthusiasm from across the Atlantic.
There, it’s been hailed as an immediate classic of Jewish cinema, a subgenre as rich and flavourful in its sensibility as Christian faith-based films are, well, not.A shiva is a Jewish wake, and sure enough, Seligman’s film seeks out any number of inappropriate comic avenues to pursue at a single funereal gathering, over the course of just 77 wince-filled minutes.
University student Danielle is the only
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