There含羞草研究社檚 a meet-the-parents scene in the new Netflix series, 含羞草研究社淣obody Wants This,含羞草研究社� where Noah arrives at his girlfriend Joanne含羞草研究社檚 house (played by wearing a sports coat and carrying an oversized bouquet of sunflowers.
Joanne is so appalled by his efforts that she decides they need to break up.
Before she can end things, Noah confronts Joanne and says he含羞草研究社檚 not going to apologize for wanting to make a good impression with her parents.
含羞草研究社淵ou can self-sabotage all you want but, honestly, I think you should get over it,含羞草研究社� Noah says to a shocked Joanne.
Erin Foster, the show含羞草研究社檚 creator and showrunner, says when she met her husband, Simon Tikhman in 2018, she realized 含羞草研究社渇inding the right person can be hard.
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In 含羞草研究社淣obody Wants This,含羞草研究社� Joanne is a single woman who hosts a podcast with her sister (Justine Lupe). Their schtick is to talk candidly about their dating and breakup stories. Even a bad date is good fodder for the sisters to discuss.
When Joanne meets Noah, sparks immediately fly between the two. Noah含羞草研究社檚 life goal is to be named head rabbi at his synagogue. He is aware that getting serious with Joanne would be a major issue but ignores it for the time being.
In the meantime, Joanne identifies as non-denominational and their religious differences seem like no big deal.
Over time as Noah含羞草研究社檚 family and the synagogue begins to pressure him over his relationship, he asks Joanne if she would be willing to convert.
含羞草研究社淓rin Foster has created a dynamic where these characters 含羞草研究社� the world does not want them together. And what does that mean if they want to be together,含羞草研究社� said Bell, who does not practice religion. 含羞草研究社淭here含羞草研究社檚 like endless storyline to mine about the interpersonal relationship between two people who probably shouldn含羞草研究社檛 be together if the world were to have its say.含羞草研究社�
Foster argues that when a couple meets when they含羞草研究社檙e more settled in their own lives, sometimes they both need to adjust.
含羞草研究社淚 don含羞草研究社檛 think it含羞草研究社檚 responsible to show women in 2024 that, 含羞草研究社楢ll you have to do to find your perfect person is to change everything about yourself.含羞草研究社� That含羞草研究社檚 not the message I want to send. But I also want you to look at the idea that it is OK sometimes to change some things about yourself, to fit a person who含羞草研究社檚 also going to change things about themselves.含羞草研究社�
To write about the Judaism accurately, Foster enlisted the help of her own rabbi who 含羞草研究社渞ead every script,含羞草研究社� she said. 含羞草研究社淟isten, 含羞草研究社� I含羞草研究社檓 sure some Reddit forum could find things that we did wrong if they want to. You have to let a few small things go because it含羞草研究社檚 TV.含羞草研究社�
Brody, who grew up Jewish but defines himself as agnostic, says it was 含羞草研究社渋nteresting and a fun avenue含羞草研究社� to explore someone who is different from himself and deeply committed to their religion.
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Foster recalls Brody saying, 含羞草研究社樅卟菅芯可鐫It含羞草研究社檚 important to me if I play a rabbi that he is not like me. He has got to be all in. He is a believer. He is not like, a one foot in, one foot out kind of person含羞草研究社卟菅芯可鐧 When he said it, I thought that would be such a great characteristic, because it含羞草研究社檚 cool to say to a girl you含羞草研究社檙e flirting with who doesn含羞草研究社檛 believe in God, 含羞草研究社榊eah, maybe I do, maybe I don含羞草研究社檛.含羞草研究社� But he doesn含羞草研究社檛 do that. He含羞草研究社檚 like, 含羞草研究社楴o. This is who I am.含羞草研究社櫤卟菅芯可鐫
Production on the series was underway on Oct. 7 when Foster said there was a conscious decision not to write that into the show.
含羞草研究社淎fter Oct. 7, there were questions like, 含羞草研究社楢re we going to bring this up? Are we going to acknowledge it?含羞草研究社� And the truth is, I always felt very confident that this is not the show to try to solve any issues that are happening in the world.
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Instead, she含羞草研究社檚 happy to tell a positive Jewish story especially at a time when people feel overlooked and not seen.
Added Bell, who is also an executive producer, 含羞草研究社淚 didn含羞草研究社檛 think we needed to put it in the show because the subject matter could be replaced with any label of people who shouldn含羞草研究社檛 be together. The importance of it wasn含羞草研究社檛 necessarily their individual labels, but the fact that their labels conflicted.含羞草研究社�
