As people of color continue to lunge against the tide of Hollywood’s systemic discrimination, the past three years of television have borne witness to a revolution of representation for a different hidden-in-plain site demographic: Jewish women. While the 1980s and 1990s ushered in an era of highly visible Jewish performers and programming, from Seinfeld to…
(JTA) — Stoners, Jewish feminists and wacky comedy fans rejoice — Comedy Central has renewed two of its most popular shows, “Broad City” and “Inside Amy Schumer.” “Broad City,” written and acted by Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, was given the very rare green light for two subsequent seasons. The third season premieres on Feb. 17….
Happy 4/20! If you’re looking for a distraction between blunts, spend some time with Jewish stoner buddies Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. “Broad City” may only have been around for two seasons, but its lovely ladies have already provided viewers with enough smoke-filled scenes to justify a four-minute and 20-second-long . So, sit down, relax,…
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson dropped by “The Daily Show” on Tuesday night, making it kind of a Jewish love-fest. The two “Broad City” stars couldn’t really handle the fact that they were in the presence of the Jon Stewart. He, in turn, was in awe of how awesome they are. Hugs all around! Check…
Thanksgiving is over. The turkey leftovers have been sandwiched and your family has come and gone. And so starts the holiday season. Dreading the usual slew of boring parties that you just can’t avoid? “Broad City”‘s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have some handy tips that will make the most dreary party seem like… well,…
In the first episode of “Broad City,” the hit Comedy Central show that premiered earlier this year, comedian Ilana Glazer, 27, posts a Craigslist ad that reads: “We’re just 2 Jewesses tryin’ to make a buck.” Later that day she winds up cleaning the apartment of a man wearing a diaper, with her best friend,…
I love the pot-puffing Jewish broads of Broad City (both of whom the Forward recently interviewed about their very raunchy new Comedy Central show.) The show’s protagonists are “Abbi” (left in the photo) and “Ilana” (right), heightened versions of their creators Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. These gals are not “strong female characters” in the…
The cable television universe isn’t necessarily being taken over by female comics, but it seems that way: Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham and now Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, stars of the new Comedy Central series, “Broad City,” an outgrowth of their popular YouTube series. The two ladies share at least two characteristics with…
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