So I finally saw it. The movie that defines our generation, “The Social Network.” And it was not disappointing. Define our generation, no. Entertain our generation, sure.
The movie was fun. Serious at times, funny at times. It was a little annoying that Sorkin wrote Mark Zuckerberg as basically having Asbergers, but it makes him a simpler character to grasp. So in that way it makes sense.
The movie was about a current situation without being solely created to capitalize on that that (I’m looking at you, “W”).
My one beef with the film is the lack of Jew references. Three of the four creators of Facebook are Jewish, Aaron Sorkin is Jewish, Jesse Eisenberg is Jewish, and Andrew Garfield is Jewish.
I mean come on. I’m not looking for gratuitous lines like, “Eduardo, you schlemiel! This website will kenahora make us a lot of gelt.” I am more interested in, “oh, my parents really want me home for Rosh Hashanah,” Or, “My bubbe just got a Facebook account.”
Now yes, there are two points in the film in which they discuss AEPi. Soon after his Zuckerberg has his Facebook epiphany he runs to tell his friend Eduardo Saverin at an AEPi Caribbean-themed party and feels compelled to leave after watching a Kippah-ed brother banging arhythmically on some steel drums.
And the other point is after Facebook starts picking up speed, Zuckerberg tells Saverin, “I’m not going back to Caribbean night at the Jewish fraternity.”
While I appreciate any and all jabs at AEPi, you would think that with such a Jew heavy story and crew we could get a little more than just a passing knock at Jewish, Ivy League bros.
