not quite MC, but close Word from: Charlotte

So at the moment I'm in my town of suburbia Illinios at the library. Whenever I go in, I have the complete compulsion to check out the DVD collection. There have been times that I've been shocked silly by the most random movies that include Manhattan (Woody Allen flick), BeastMaster ( never saw it), and Y tu mama tambien (the R rated version). I have also seen titles such as Kaddish and Tora Tora Tora make their appearance and I am still waiting for Snatch to show up. Perhaps that title is on constant rotation on someone's card and I will never have the chance to listen to the uncomprehendable script.
Anyways, one day and out of nowhere appears The Hebrew Hammer! Written anddirected by Jonathan Kesselman with the great tag line of: "Part man. Part Street. 100% Kosher."

I find this movie selection funny on a couple of different fronts. Since this IS a town which as a large population of Jews, it is hardly one where I would think that a movie about an Orthodox Jew would have much of an audience here. Yet, it is just an updated, cute version of the original storyline, I can't complain. It allows us Jews to laugh at ourselves.

The following post that I read from Hammer (in the prose forum) (7/15/05) reminds me that we can laugh ourselves, even outside of New York. Have a good weekend!

Hammer: Strange new connection

"I normally dont stand out as looking typically Jewish nor do I even wear a kippah to work but recently I had a strange occurance at my job. I am in the creative field, I am a producer for a certain ad agency that handles very high profile accounts, we are all educated, talented and "with it" here at the studio. Now I often times try to mask the act that I am an orthodox Jew as not to create any uncomfortable separation between myself and my co-workers. The other day I get an email from one of the executives that started off pretty normal, business as usual, blah blah blah, this and that, but the last paragraph was what startled me....

he writes me:

Finally, would you mind if I started to refer to you as "the Hammer"? As in, the Hebrew Hammer. Obviously, meant with all due respect coming from a fellow Jew.

Enjoy your day.

Now this threw me back, i wasnt sure if i should be honored or insulted. Now dont get me wrong I think the movie was a cultural breakthrough, it did wonders for those Jews who saw a real Jewish hero. I just wanted to share that funny awkward Jewish office moment.

I invite others to share thier workplace Jewish moments... im sure we can all benefit."