Hey all, not sure if this is 100% the right subreddit for this but I just finished watching Long Story Short on netflix, it was a terrific show but left me wondering if a couple of details about jewish practices were possibly semi-fudged for the show (minor minor things in terms of the actual shows quality)
Spoilers for episode 8 the show though I’m trying to keep it as minimal as possible.
The primary point of confusion for me is an episode where a character reveals (to their families shock) they are modern orthodox, which is why they 1- didn’t answer a phone call from their parents on the sabbath and 2- why they threw out wine their parents gifted them.
The parents are not orthodox, and react with a lot of shock & drama about this reveal, but they seem very devout/practicing themselves. Its referenced throughout the show that they observed sabbath, and in the first episode they have a mild drama about someone washing the kosher plates wrong. The plate thing in particular seems way more of an extreme rule to follow than not using the phone or drinking non kosher wine.
Do you think this the show flubbing how devout the parents are depending on the episode/whats funniest, or does this level of rule following from the parents ring true to you guys’ experience? Like, is the washing plates way less of an extreme rule than I have it in my head? Is it normal to regularly make shabbat and light the candles and say the prayer but still make phone calls?
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