“Nobody Wants This” creator Erin Foster addresses show criticism

Erin Foster addresses critics of her new Netflix show Nobody Wants This.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Foster, who created the series, addressed criticism of the show, which follows agnostic, unfiltered podcast host Joanne (Kristen Bell) who clashes with a man at a dinner party , which is her complete opposite.

“I think we need positive Jewish stories now. I think it's interesting when you have a rabbi in the lead role that people focus on, 'Oh, that's a stereotype of the Jewish people.' A hot, cool, young rabbi who smokes weed,” Foster said. “That’s the opposite of how people see a Jewish rabbi, right?”

In the series, Joanne has an undeniable connection with the charming, emotionally accessible Noah (Adam Brody), but things are complicated by differing beliefs.

Foster continued: “If I made the Jewish parents like two granola hippies on a farm, someone would write, 'I've never met a Jewish person like that. You obviously don't know how to write Jewish people.' “You don’t know what you’re doing and that doesn’t represent us well.”

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