I think the point is that he doesn’t practice Judaism. It’s confusing for me and I’m also of “Jewish descent.” I’ve settled on referring to myself as Ashkenazi, but that too is tied to specific religious practices. How do we maintain our ethnic identity without the supernatural aspects of it?

I appreciated the depth of her character (however mutable) more because she was a figment. I used to date a film student that abhorred the manic pixie dream girl trope. I used to argue that Clementine in Eternal Sunshine made sense as an MPDG because what we’re seeing is her through Joel’s eyes as he’s forgetting all…

I just started watching this show. I was in a car accident 21 months ago and suffered a brain injury and so much of what I’ve seen so far shows that the writers really understand what that’s like. The feelings of dissociation (like everyone is in a play saying lines), confusion, struggling at work, living with an…