![]() ![]() The young actor playing Alvin, the tough-minded cousin/nephew, was the standout for me. ![]() I thought the actor playing Herman Roth (Morgan Spector?) was GREAT. Game of Thrones, with a couple of exceptions, set a high standard for child actors. The young actors are good, though I have seen better. I lo e seeing Winona Ryder back on my screen and she does good work here, but am I really meant to believe she is the YOUNGER sister of Zoe Kazan (also excellent)? Ryder is beautiful and looks great but that didn't work. If that was the intent, ok, but it didn't quite work for me. Sure, there are Southern Jews, but his drawl was over-the-top and very stylized. However, I think Jon Turturro's character was a bit overplayed. It absolutely rings true, particularly in terms of the various extended family members trying to find their places, and take their stances, as Jews in America. ![]() Anyway, I found the story tense and terrifying, for the most part. ![]() We raised our children Jewish but they had a lot of exposure to their Christian family, too. I was born in the New York area and was raised in a liberal Christian household, with many Jewish friends. My husband is a Jewish immigrant who moved here at age 13. I admit Philip Roth's work, but wasn't familiar with this novel. ![]()
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