Why is it so hard to make a decent holiday rom-com that centers Jews?
That is the topic we are exploring on this week’s podcast as we dive into the absolute student-film-esque mayhem of Hulu’s “Menorah In The Middle.” This Hanukkah romantic comedy follows Sarah (Lucy DeVito, daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman), as she returns to her hometown of Sol Viejo, California for Hanukkah with her goyishe supervillain boyfriend Chad (inexplicably played by Chilean-American actor Cristián de la Fuente). Her parents’ adorable local bakery is struggling, her cute neighbor Ben (Jonah Platt) is hanging around, and oh, did we mention the intermittent troubadour singing? And the Sarah Silverman cameo?
We were hoping “Menorah In The Middle” would be wacky in a fun and highly watchable way. Unfortunately… it was more of a total mess. Virtually none of the characters act remotely like actual human beings, and the wackiness is more distracting than delightful.
But we still a…
