# Why do we hate Jar Jar Binks so? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990 "2000-04-17T13:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/81 "2013-12-18T06:21:18Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Watto’s Italian? That’s a new one. He’s usually said to be a Jewish stereotype. Either way, he’s obviously from the east coas- umm, hemisphere? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/82 "2013-12-18T11:06:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You want maybe they _shouldn’t_ have named him Shapiro? Shapiro, Shlomo, what’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/83 "2013-12-18T12:31:51Z")
What type of Jewish stereotype is “Pot belly, wife-beater, stubble, hangs out in a mechanic’s garage?” He seemed much more “Vongool!” than “Oi vey!” to me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/84 "2013-12-18T12:58:02Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > What type of Jewish stereotype is “Pot belly, wife-beater, stubble, hangs out in a mechanic’s garage?” Earl Warren? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/85 "2013-12-18T16:10:20Z")
What, he can’t be mixed heritage - Jewish _and_ Italian? FWIW, I pegged Jewish. The “greedy Jew businessman” angle. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/86 "2013-12-18T17:22:21Z")
_1st Level_: We hate Jar Jar because he’s aggressively annoying, loud, unfunny, and he’s in seemingly every goddamn scene. _2nd Level_: Despite taking up all that screen time, he’s totally useless both functionally (in terms of advancing the plot) and artistically – a transparently cynical attempt to appeal to little kids and sell them crappy toys. _3rd Level_: Jar Jar’s presence therefore subconsciously highlights the fact that these are basically kids’ movies, and that it’s pretty silly of us to be so invested in the series in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![louguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@louguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/louguy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/87 "2013-12-19T00:25:11Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Here’s another perspective. > [http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0899/jar.html](http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0899/jar.html) > > You MUST check this out. Just checked the url… i found the Republican HQ…laughed so hard, but then… Hail to Dark One, oh Jar Jar !!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990/88 "2013-12-19T02:00:33Z")
Larry Borgia: No, you’re not the only one who hated the kid’s performance. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen a child actor give on screen or stage. I hate Jar Jar for the reasons other posters have given, but the kid’s performance was the worst in the series and that’s saying something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hate-jar-jar-binks-so/17990.md?page=4)