HJBs

I have, for a long time, found myself immune to the appeal of actresses and/or comediennes who happen to be half-Jewish blondes.

Goldie Hawn

Sarah Jessica Parker

Gwyneth Paltrow

Chelsea Handler

Amy Schumer

I think it’s because of the way they try to be both sexy and funny, but somehow the sexy and funny aspects of their personas seem to come from different places (the  blond and the Jewish, respectively?), so that (to me)  they fail to come through as real women.

By contrast, a half-Jewish brunette like Julia Louis-Dreyfus manages to be sexy in a funny way and funny in a sexy way; she is who she is (just like an all-Jewish brunette such as Sarah Silverman, or, for that matter, an all-Jewish blonde like Natasha Lyonne).

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Sarah Silverman

Natasha Lyonne

Now, another half-Jewish brunette, Lena Dunham, doesn’t manage to be either, but I’m not sure she means to.

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Tags: Amy Schumer, Chelsea Handler, Goldie Hawn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julie Louis-Dreyfus, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Silverman