Her portrayal as lovable and explicitly Jewish is, unfortunately, unique for Jewish women. She has a - some would say annoying -nasal voice, but it’s a cute quirk, not a deal breaker. A rare mix for an openly and proudly Jewish woman onscreen. Sylvia hosts a Passover seder for the Sheffields and they arrive at her door with a greeting of “Happy Pesach!” (“Passover” in Hebrew), Niles brings brisket and potato latkes (technically Rosh Hashanah and Hanukkah foods, respectively, but they work for Pesach, too) and the table setting looks exactly as it would in any Ashkenazi Jewish home.įran herself is portrayed as objectively sexy, as well as street-smart, witty, and nurturing. Sheffield, Fran’s employer and eventual love interest, debate the difference between farpitz (dolled up), farblunget (lost or confused), ferkakta (f*cked up), and farshimmelt (see ferkakta). We know it’s ridiculous come into our world and find out for yourself, like when Niles, the butler, and Mr. The absurdity of the language is constantly mined for laughs, but on our terms. There are Yiddishisms at every turn and even an early episode titled “The Nuchslep”- technically, I think it should be nuchslepper if used as a noun - which means someone who tags along when they’re not wanted. It’s loud and proud, as is the show’s cultural Jewishness. The Nanny’s Judaism, on the other hand, is almost aggressively unselfconscious.
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