Post by Moses on Apr 18, 2005 22:32:46 GMT -5
This is from an interview between two players in the incestuous, narcisistic, and apparently rather tribal, New York publishing scene, from Salon:
Is Jewish machismo different culturally than WASP machismo?
[Laughs] I didn't think it existed. But in fact it does. My friend Rich Cohen writes wonderfully about Jewish machismo. He wrote "Tough Jews: Jewish Avengers." He's great. I'm not an authority on that. I write about Jewish weaklings.
But in terms of admitting weakness or disappointments, you're either offhanded about it or you just kvetch. There's a Jewish way to admit that you've f**ked up without admitting shame that a goy would feel.
Is that true? I suppose there is a kind of self-irony to Jewish social characters.
Irony! That's the word. Because WASP America doesn't "get" irony.
www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/17/atlas/index2.html
Is Jewish machismo different culturally than WASP machismo?
[Laughs] I didn't think it existed. But in fact it does. My friend Rich Cohen writes wonderfully about Jewish machismo. He wrote "Tough Jews: Jewish Avengers." He's great. I'm not an authority on that. I write about Jewish weaklings.
But in terms of admitting weakness or disappointments, you're either offhanded about it or you just kvetch. There's a Jewish way to admit that you've f**ked up without admitting shame that a goy would feel.
Is that true? I suppose there is a kind of self-irony to Jewish social characters.
Irony! That's the word. Because WASP America doesn't "get" irony.
www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/17/atlas/index2.html