450 Jewish Creatives and Professionals Denounce Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Speech in Open Letter

[just444]

More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” Oscar speech. https://t.co/nA5zDAk9N0
- Variety (@Variety) March 18, 2024

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their mission statement:

“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence

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[benihime99]

SO they purposely chose to "tl; dr but let me rant" his speech
cool

“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.”
Like where do we even start

[hiimtish]

One of the more chilling scenes in the movie was when the mom is trying on the clothes and makeup from dead Jews.

One of the more chilling things we’ve watched live is IOF soldiers prancing around with lingerie and makeup from dead Gazans.

The moral equivalence doesn’t even need to be drawn it has a natural giant neon sign pointing to it

[my_moloko]

Thissssss.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Anyways, here are some artists who defended Jonathan Glazer’s speech, since the media would rather focus on those “denouncing” it.

1. Mark Ruffalo pic.twitter.com/CqXyCCbbF0
- Ahmed Hathout 🇵🇸 (@ahmedhathoutt) March 19, 2024

glazer once he learns director of borderlands eli roth denounces his speech https://t.co/BV3UNTKDpw pic.twitter.com/otJziMdLsz
- franz kefka (@silmarelliott) March 18, 2024

This is why I sometimes don’t blame or believe in forcing people to speak out (on any topic in general) Bigger celebs can withstand but lesser known to smaller artists can face consequences.

[lovelylaura23]

Kinda shocked zoe kazan didn't inherit bad political choices like her snitch granddad.

............kind of shocked that anyone who saw zone of interest could be shocked by what glazer said at the oscars
- zoe kazan (@zoeinthecities) March 18, 2024

[thatgum_youlike]

lol she broke the cycle! we love to see it!

[my_moloko]

Who is her granddad?

[genbu_no_miko24]

Also I was lol-ing at people saying “maybe Noah was right to leave Jennifer Jason Leigh for Greta because of her supporting this. 🫠🙃

[donaestrangera]

I stumbled on Jennifer Jason Leigh’s unhinged Zionist and Islamophobic Instagram a few weeks ago and I was waiting for more people to find out about it…

that one hurt as a former fan but at least we got some funny Noah Baumbach memes out of it!!!

[thatgum_youlike]

she what?! omg 😬 honestly seeing her name was the biggest disappointment for me, had no idea she was… like that. the baumbach memes have been funny tho at least

[imnotasquirrel]

A number of people in the Atypical cast turned out to be pieces of shit. JJL, Michael Rapaport... I don't know what Jenna Boyd's views are on Palestine, but she's a conservative Christian so idek. At least Brigette Lundy-Paine is confirmed pro-Palestine, but they're the only confirmed good egg so far I think.

[in_noctem]

“an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.”

bitch where. literally no one is committing a genocide on them.

“indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years”

So they’re still on this narrative huh, that Palestine is actually their promised land. Ok.

[xdecadentx]

If they were indigenous to the land they wouldn't be destroying it and digging up farming land lbr.

[heroicattempt]

If it was truly their land they would feel a pull to protect it but they don't. They have a settler colonial mindset where horrific violence and destruction does not bother them as long as they get their way. It's horribly American.

[evilgerbil]

I don't understand settlers pouring concrete down wells to make the Palestinian inhabitants leave. Cutting off the nose to spite the face?

[lone_concertina]

The AUDACITY of Variety literally linking to the page where you can add your name to the letter. Can we ban them as a source and call it BDS?