Interview · moment 2 of 29
Why Ari Made a Whole Hour About Jews
from Ari Shaffir | The Tim Dillon Show #323 · #323
3 min
Guest
Ari explains why he built his new special around Jewish identity, mocking other comedians' overly serious theme hours, and he and Tim riff on Jewish stereotypes around intelligence, complaining, business success, and cultural identity.
- Why did Ari want to do an hour about the most hated group of people on earth?
- Ari describes himself as not a committed Jew, just someone who looks for bargains and can't shake cultural habits from childhood.
- Tim relates through his Irish background, feeling kinship with criminals and people who do prescription drugs.
- Ari wanted to show what Jewish people are—just like everybody else, or maybe a bit better because they value education.
- Discussion of Ashkenazi Jewish IQ being extremely high, with Ari citing examples like Woody Allen writing his own movies versus Michael Bay's reliance on special effects.
- When Kanye throws out accusations of collusion, Ari explains Jewish people help themselves and stick together, similar to how Killer Mike talks about Black community support.
- Ari claims Jewish music executives designed Black performers' entire look and image, running everything through market research before market release.
- Ari argues even Milli Vanilli was run by Jewish executives, who plan and control the output despite knowing they're not cool-looking themselves.
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