Reviews for Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the 'Jewish' Sitcom

The average rating for Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the 'Jewish' Sitcom based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-07 00:00:00 Nicolas Vincent It was way more informative than I thought it would be. I assumed the book would be mostly stuff that TV Tropes or Wikipedia would say but there were a lot of arguments or ideas I never thought of before. It was interesting to learn about the Goldbergs (the '50's sitcom, not the current one), Dream On, and Rude Awakening, and various community reactions towards shows like Bridget Loves Bernie. Sometimes I think Brook had to readjust his argument for comparing all minority representation to each other, but this book was short and by the conclusion he still clarified that the media has a lot to improve for every group, so there's that at least.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-13 00:00:00 Vivek Bhardwaj This was an okay book. I think he tried too hard sometimes to connect different ideas, and sometimes it felt like he was putting minority groups against each other, but it was interesting learning a lot about Jewish culture and shows I never heard of. I would love an updated version of this book, no matter how niche it was.