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Jews and Werewolves!
Werewolves as metaphor for Jewish life among gentiles. Oz is a main example in this article! |
Should Jews Save The Werewolf From Extinction?
By Jeremy Wexler
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Although few people in the Jewish community noticed, on May 2, 2000 a watershed event occurred: The last in a long line of Jewish werewolves disappeared when "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the wildly popular vampire dramedy series, said goodbye to Oz, the character played by Seth Green. Oz left the show explaining that he had to go off to learn how to "control the wolf within." With this, a 60-year-long thematic liaison between Jews and werewolves ended. In fact, the whole werewolf myth seems to be in jeopardy. In this age of sophisticated computer graphics, werewolves have become steroid-bulked but ultimately vapid monsters — second fiddles to vampires. (Witness 2004's pitiable "Van Helsing," the year's 16th place box office finisher.) ...
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Mh, I missed Jewish Scooby Willow in this text.
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