Nobody Wants This creator Erin Foster has addressed criticism surrounding her show’s depiction of Jewish characters. Following the Netflix series’ premiere on September 26, Glamour published “Netflix’s Nobody Wants This and the Persistent Jewish Stereotype,” an opinion piece by senior West Coast editor Jessica Radloff. While Radloff enjoyed the series (more on that later), she did take offense to the way Jewish women are portrayed in the romantic comedy: from an unwelcoming mother to the “Jewish trope of controlling/annoying wife who can’t stand their other half.” Foster, whose real-life romance with now-husband Simon Tikhman loosely inspired the series, recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times regarding the backlash:
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