Brody’s was the second hostage video of the weekend. Acceptance speech at unseen gunpoint. Terrififuckingfied to utter anything Jewy (technically, he’s a halachic Yid : ya, Pop’s a Jew but mom’s mom was too) or shoahy (but Nikki Glassr did refer to him as a “two time Holocaust survivor”). Here I was just grateful that it didn’t get anti Zionist tonight. I’m ashamed at my pathetic, low bar. And straight up Fuck Patti Smith. She threw palpable disgust, then her actual back to my face in a NYC shop recently when she clocked my Israel flag pin and day count masking tape. Fucking dope.
The fact that she, of all music "artists" in the world, was selected to sing Dylan's Hard Rain at his Nobel prize ceremony and totally blew it, pretty much represents her overall non talent.
I saw Patti Smith in NYC a few years ago. I’ve always been a fan, but she had a Palestinian flag among the onstage decor. I didn’t mention it in my review. I should have. It was cowardly, plus it ruined the show and any residual fandom I had toward her.
I wouldn’t have watched it if you paid me. Not a chance. And I love so many of the shows and film they will award for but I don’t want to know these people outside of their work. They have proven they are not worth getting to know. I need insurance salesman and car salesman and accountants but I wouldn’t watch their award show either.
Actors are just an entertainment break in my life. Who they are as people I will never care about again unless they are doing something outside of their field that is above and beyond and show bravery or decency. Until then they are all suspect.
Brilliant piece Eve and spot on. I stopped caring about this narcissist rubbish years ago. All your pieces from the war are a gem. I think we need a compilation of your pieces in a book. Am Yisrael Chai🐺🇮🇱🎗️🎗️
Eve this is one of your most eloquent writings, and all of them are on point 100%. What can we do about the horrors surrounding us? Your voice is powerful, how can we try to bring about change in this frightening and frightened society/world in which we live?
Thank you, Eve Barlow… this is why no one actually watches the Golden Globes or any Hollywood self-awards shows.. we just stream something else.. even the Great British Baking Show…. I don’t know if he hates us Jews or not, but Paul Hollywood has more cultural influence here than all of the Hollywood pathetic self censoring Jew hatred cabal.. and we gave up on Patti long ago.. burning our copies of Horses, Radio Ethiopia, Easter and Wave long ago.. she has been reduced to pathetic exhibitions at Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, which I boycott… 20 years ago, these awards shows would be controversial.. now they are looked as pathetic, ineffectual displays of Nazism.. Hollywood is committing cultural suicide and actual relevant culture exists in fragmented alternative sources.. which, ironically democratizes it.. If X and Substack are the Vox Populi and New Media, these fragmented new studios, from Rumble content including Pierre Rehov, to Angel, are the new Hollywood
I guess the word I missed was “irrelevance”. Hollywood has made itself obsolete and irrelevant. California follows NYC into the path of Jew Hatred… just like SNL.. it was once relevant..
To be honest, I think I am done saying that the war should or will end when all the remaining hostages (alive and dead) are released, for their condition will likely reveal that Hamas’ depravity and the Gazans’ complicity is even greater than we’ve faced up to now. The war should end when Hamas does
Wait until Michael Moores documentary on Gaza comes out with exclusive footage from multiple Palestinian “journalists” exposing the “genocide” and IDF “war crimes”. I’m sure all of Hollywood will support him in the demoralization of Israel and the IDF.
I didn’t watch the Golden Globes last night and what you share about Brody’s pathetic speech makes me sick: that he should sidestep saying “Holocaust”, or calling out the “Holocaust” we’re experiencing now and/ or demanding the hostages’ release… is up there with pure evil.
As for fucking Patti Smith’s now “famous”keffiyeh post: it shocked me when I first saw in my IG feed; and of course had to respond to help her understand its symbolism for us Jews/ Israelis since October 7th (aka rapist, murderer, sadistic torturer of women, children and Holocaust survivors etc.) . And of course , I got quite the earful from her followers (aka one called me a “genocidal New Yorker” - like what even is that?)
The world has gone completely mad and you Eve Barlow are our beacon of light in the madness. Thank you thank you for your voice.
Patti’s IG readership is right in line. I learned a new word through one of them: “Ziontologist.” I loved her first 4 albums and Just Kids, and I believe in separating art and artist…but her politics are every bit as repellent as Roger Waters. I’m done pretending otherwise.
I heard a great description the other day--can't remember where, something alone the lines of, "There is a stereotype that the Jews control Hollywood. In fact, it's the other way around--Hollywood controls the Jews."
In my mind, this is entirely true. Where have the Jews of Hollywood gone (with a few notable exceptions, of course)? Where are there words of condemnation for Hamas' cruelty? I guess that they are too busy kowtowing to those who lionize the "Palestinian Resistance".
I gagged at Patti Smith’s kaffiyeh video and was devastated by her second in praise of Greta Thunberg as a brave peace warrior. After 50 years of adoration and devotion to PS, I unfollowed (w a very heavy heart). The vitriol on my instagram was swift and stunning but the number of “likes” was glorious and affirming. Am yisrael chai.
Bring them home. And the war would be over. So simple. And nobody seems interested which is interesting (and horrifying) in itself. Thank you, Eve, for writing. ❤️
Yes, you're totally right. I actually thought about this distinction while writing it. In the end I went with what I heard most since English is not my first language and nuances are sometimes not easy to discern.
Understand… when the massacre happened last year, l immediately ordered “dog tags” (soldiers) with bring them home now and it hit me that’s wrong. Unfortunately, we all feel for the families but we and they are just prolonging the war. Hamas are taking advantage of us and play us in all negotiations.
I was going crazy.I didn't see the film yet, but it's obviously about the Holocaust. And a Real Pain ..2 films about the Holocaust. I felt like Hollywood had a guilty conscience for being silent and then Gal Gadot presenting the category. It was just uncomfortably surreal. I missed Nikki Glaser's comment, I 'm glad. How did the audience respond? It's like Hollywood saying. We see you, and we'd like to address this but we can't... someone is holding our tongue.. Frustration is an understatement.. infuriating is more like it. Watching Brody dance around it was painful ..like he was a captive in a hostage movie or like our own hostages in Gaza.
Brody’s was the second hostage video of the weekend. Acceptance speech at unseen gunpoint. Terrififuckingfied to utter anything Jewy (technically, he’s a halachic Yid : ya, Pop’s a Jew but mom’s mom was too) or shoahy (but Nikki Glassr did refer to him as a “two time Holocaust survivor”). Here I was just grateful that it didn’t get anti Zionist tonight. I’m ashamed at my pathetic, low bar. And straight up Fuck Patti Smith. She threw palpable disgust, then her actual back to my face in a NYC shop recently when she clocked my Israel flag pin and day count masking tape. Fucking dope.
You're right. He was like a hostage up there.
Patti Smith. Hideous on the outside. Hideous on the inside
The fact that she, of all music "artists" in the world, was selected to sing Dylan's Hard Rain at his Nobel prize ceremony and totally blew it, pretty much represents her overall non talent.
Wonderful piece. I heard there was a fashion attire rule. No political messaging. The only reason to watch was to support Gal.
Well the red pin brigade ignored it.
And as you said wisely on IG it’s a humanitarian pin not political. 😞🙏
The supporters of evil are not frightened to speak out while the silent majority keep their opinions to themselves. Both should be ashamed.
That's brilliant. I'm going to copy and paste if I may?
I saw Patti Smith in NYC a few years ago. I’ve always been a fan, but she had a Palestinian flag among the onstage decor. I didn’t mention it in my review. I should have. It was cowardly, plus it ruined the show and any residual fandom I had toward her.
I wouldn’t have watched it if you paid me. Not a chance. And I love so many of the shows and film they will award for but I don’t want to know these people outside of their work. They have proven they are not worth getting to know. I need insurance salesman and car salesman and accountants but I wouldn’t watch their award show either.
Actors are just an entertainment break in my life. Who they are as people I will never care about again unless they are doing something outside of their field that is above and beyond and show bravery or decency. Until then they are all suspect.
“ I need insurance salesman and car salesman and accountants but I wouldn’t watch their award show either.” 😂
Brilliant piece Eve and spot on. I stopped caring about this narcissist rubbish years ago. All your pieces from the war are a gem. I think we need a compilation of your pieces in a book. Am Yisrael Chai🐺🇮🇱🎗️🎗️
If only Jews weren’t being banned from publishing.
I know. There are small independent publishing houses like the one that Published ‘Israel Alone’ by Bernard Henri-Levi.
What about a go fund me for publishing it independently?
Eve this is one of your most eloquent writings, and all of them are on point 100%. What can we do about the horrors surrounding us? Your voice is powerful, how can we try to bring about change in this frightening and frightened society/world in which we live?
Eve, thank you for taking one for the team. I stopped watching this when Ricky Gervais gave them FU speech.
Most importantly, we all got it wrong on Bring Them Home, it should be again LET OUR PEOPLE GO!
Thank you, Eve Barlow… this is why no one actually watches the Golden Globes or any Hollywood self-awards shows.. we just stream something else.. even the Great British Baking Show…. I don’t know if he hates us Jews or not, but Paul Hollywood has more cultural influence here than all of the Hollywood pathetic self censoring Jew hatred cabal.. and we gave up on Patti long ago.. burning our copies of Horses, Radio Ethiopia, Easter and Wave long ago.. she has been reduced to pathetic exhibitions at Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, which I boycott… 20 years ago, these awards shows would be controversial.. now they are looked as pathetic, ineffectual displays of Nazism.. Hollywood is committing cultural suicide and actual relevant culture exists in fragmented alternative sources.. which, ironically democratizes it.. If X and Substack are the Vox Populi and New Media, these fragmented new studios, from Rumble content including Pierre Rehov, to Angel, are the new Hollywood
I guess the word I missed was “irrelevance”. Hollywood has made itself obsolete and irrelevant. California follows NYC into the path of Jew Hatred… just like SNL.. it was once relevant..
Also, I am a member at Selby Gardens. I only boycott Patti’s exhibitions, especially since they are pretentious and stupid
To be honest, I think I am done saying that the war should or will end when all the remaining hostages (alive and dead) are released, for their condition will likely reveal that Hamas’ depravity and the Gazans’ complicity is even greater than we’ve faced up to now. The war should end when Hamas does
#FreePalestineofHamas!
Wait until Michael Moores documentary on Gaza comes out with exclusive footage from multiple Palestinian “journalists” exposing the “genocide” and IDF “war crimes”. I’m sure all of Hollywood will support him in the demoralization of Israel and the IDF.
Throwing up right now as I read this. Sorry, he so disgusts me in any and every way possible. please G_d NO......
I didn’t watch the Golden Globes last night and what you share about Brody’s pathetic speech makes me sick: that he should sidestep saying “Holocaust”, or calling out the “Holocaust” we’re experiencing now and/ or demanding the hostages’ release… is up there with pure evil.
As for fucking Patti Smith’s now “famous”keffiyeh post: it shocked me when I first saw in my IG feed; and of course had to respond to help her understand its symbolism for us Jews/ Israelis since October 7th (aka rapist, murderer, sadistic torturer of women, children and Holocaust survivors etc.) . And of course , I got quite the earful from her followers (aka one called me a “genocidal New Yorker” - like what even is that?)
The world has gone completely mad and you Eve Barlow are our beacon of light in the madness. Thank you thank you for your voice.
Patti’s IG readership is right in line. I learned a new word through one of them: “Ziontologist.” I loved her first 4 albums and Just Kids, and I believe in separating art and artist…but her politics are every bit as repellent as Roger Waters. I’m done pretending otherwise.
Me too :( But just kids really was a wonderful memoir and portrait of 1980s NYC
Indeed. Maybe the secret is pretending it’s about a fictional character. She sure didn’t seem this antisemitic in her early days.
I heard a great description the other day--can't remember where, something alone the lines of, "There is a stereotype that the Jews control Hollywood. In fact, it's the other way around--Hollywood controls the Jews."
In my mind, this is entirely true. Where have the Jews of Hollywood gone (with a few notable exceptions, of course)? Where are there words of condemnation for Hamas' cruelty? I guess that they are too busy kowtowing to those who lionize the "Palestinian Resistance".
I gagged at Patti Smith’s kaffiyeh video and was devastated by her second in praise of Greta Thunberg as a brave peace warrior. After 50 years of adoration and devotion to PS, I unfollowed (w a very heavy heart). The vitriol on my instagram was swift and stunning but the number of “likes” was glorious and affirming. Am yisrael chai.
Your article should have been titled Feckless Fuckers.
Bring them home. And the war would be over. So simple. And nobody seems interested which is interesting (and horrifying) in itself. Thank you, Eve, for writing. ❤️
It should NOT be on us to bring them home; it is on the world to LET OUR PEOPLE GO!
Yes, you're totally right. I actually thought about this distinction while writing it. In the end I went with what I heard most since English is not my first language and nuances are sometimes not easy to discern.
Understand… when the massacre happened last year, l immediately ordered “dog tags” (soldiers) with bring them home now and it hit me that’s wrong. Unfortunately, we all feel for the families but we and they are just prolonging the war. Hamas are taking advantage of us and play us in all negotiations.
I was going crazy.I didn't see the film yet, but it's obviously about the Holocaust. And a Real Pain ..2 films about the Holocaust. I felt like Hollywood had a guilty conscience for being silent and then Gal Gadot presenting the category. It was just uncomfortably surreal. I missed Nikki Glaser's comment, I 'm glad. How did the audience respond? It's like Hollywood saying. We see you, and we'd like to address this but we can't... someone is holding our tongue.. Frustration is an understatement.. infuriating is more like it. Watching Brody dance around it was painful ..like he was a captive in a hostage movie or like our own hostages in Gaza.