Lying is funny! (No, really. It is.)
Remember that movie Soul Man where that spoiled white preppy kid pretended that he was black so that he could get a scholarship to Harvard?
He kind of looks like Michael Jackson circa 1986, so I guess the movie execs who greenlighted that project weren't 100% batshit crazy. Just 75%.
Well, this is sort of like that. But not as blatantly offensive. At least it doesn't involve blackface.
Enter "Not Chosen, Just Posin'", a blog about a guy who lied about being Jewish so that he could edit a Jewish magazine. He's Italian. (Not that being Italian precludes you from being Jewish. I had two self-described "pizza bagels" for friends in high school. In college, I also knew two asian Jews and a black Jew. Just goes to show that Columbia likes its Jews from all walks of life.)
Hello, I'm LeVar Burtonstein! Welcome to Columbia!
Anyway, I think it's very funny, and ought to be even more amusing as time goes on. Can I have dibs on the movie rights?
He kind of looks like Michael Jackson circa 1986, so I guess the movie execs who greenlighted that project weren't 100% batshit crazy. Just 75%. Enter "Not Chosen, Just Posin'", a blog about a guy who lied about being Jewish so that he could edit a Jewish magazine. He's Italian. (Not that being Italian precludes you from being Jewish. I had two self-described "pizza bagels" for friends in high school. In college, I also knew two asian Jews and a black Jew. Just goes to show that Columbia likes its Jews from all walks of life.)
Hello, I'm LeVar Burtonstein! Welcome to Columbia!Anyway, I think it's very funny, and ought to be even more amusing as time goes on. Can I have dibs on the movie rights?
posted by Kate
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I often tell people I am 'Canadian Jewish', just to see what conversation that starts.
Kate - I see we're both on the Not Chosen, Just Posin' bandwagon. We're being used!
Seriously, I want commission.
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