tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6757200521766343536..comments2024-03-18T15:52:46.631+00:00Comments on Liberal England: You don't have to be JewishJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-55375149934115631322007-04-10T22:22:00.000+01:002007-04-10T22:22:00.000+01:00Ahhh, Passover is finally over. A whole eight days...Ahhh, Passover is finally over. A whole eight days of no bread and no grain products ... I'm dying for a cheese sandwich and a beer!<BR/><BR/>I can sort of understand the way Tracy-Ann Oberman feels; most Jewish people would probably feel extremely uncomfortable wearing a crucifix under normal circumstances - but as an actor? I can't really see the problem. I know a (fairly religious) Jewish lad who played Jesus Christ, in a student production of the Lloyd Webber musical, and you can't get much more extreme than that! (Although I suppose the Man Himself was actually Jewish, too.)<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, if Oberman has such an objection, why is she playing a character called Chrissie? That's not exactly a Jewish name, is it ...Jonny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.com