The lead in this perhaps-promising show, a teen girl from NY, needs to kiss someone in her school. Has to be someone unlikely, to avoid kissing someone loathsome. She picks an “Intellectual, neurotic, self-loathing Jew. Much more my type.”
I thought that was a bit much, even though the stereotypes of suburban types were also pretty bitter.
Look at it this way: the “intellectual, neurotic, self-loathing Jew” is how most of the show’s writers probably describe themselves. And they want to be kissed.
I am no longer capable of being offended by Jewish stereotypes on American TV. It’s not worth it.
I didn’t consider that. The main characters (girl and her father) might also be Jewish. I found it a bit much coming out of a teen’s mouth. And “self-loathing” was what set me off.
As someone who pretty closely fits that description, I laughed and laughed and laughed…
It’s a show filled with 30-year-old stereotypes and cliches. They might have been funny in the 1960s, but the writers are going for low-hanging fruit – and usually not even successfully. It makes as much sense as if a teen from today was mocking the zoot suits her neighbors wear.
IANAJ but, it seems to me that stating the necessity of choosing a self-loathing Jew is tantamount to saying that not all Jews are self-loathing. Ditto neurotic.
Yes, as a SAHM suburbanite, I find it offensive.
We just don’t have the money to pay for me to look like those moms.
As a lifelong suburbanite, I am offended by this entire show.
Psst, RealityChuck, thirty years ago would be the 80s, not the 60s.
He’s not self-loathing because he’s a Jew. He’s self-loathing because he’s a dork.
I too am offended by the premise of the show
I’m offended on the show’s placement in the Wednesday lineup, between The Middle and Modern Family. Is there anything else on to bridge that gap?
I’m offended by this show, and I haven’t watched it yet. But I plan to, to see exactly what it is I find so offensive.
Can’t imagine why you would be. You’re not American. 
Also, the neurotic self-hating Jew is pretty much…well, the norm in some places.
Hey, the only current Jewish character on TV I like is Puck from Glee. He’s the only one who reminds me of Jews I know.
:: reaches for cane and reading glasses ::
Yeah, the suburbs on that show are upper-middle to upper class. I grew up middle-middle class, so the conspicuous consumption and concern with appearances are beyond what I knew growing up.
I like the show, but find myself put out that I find the girl really hot.
sits and waits for Cris Hansen
The show definitely seems to parody California suburbs rather than the east coast suburb it claims to be but I find it very funny so far.