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Men can learn from Adam Brody's hot Rabbi in Nobody Wants This

Forgive me, fatherbecause I have sinned. I no longer kneel at the altar of Andrew Scott’s “Hot Priest,” and Jude Law’s “Young Pope” has left the building. There is a new man from society in the synagogue and he is not a challah boy. It's Adam Brody's hot rabbi in the Netflix series Nobody wants that.

Those of you who have been welcomed to Orange County, California in recent years will remember Adam Brody as Seth Cohen, the nerdy but adorable high school student who romances his father's ward on the teen soap , the bad boy Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie). The OK. But now he's back in a new series where he plays – wait for it – a hot young rabbi. The structure of the series is quite simple: a young podcaster, Joanne (Kristen Bell) and her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe, or Willa von Consequence) tell their listeners about all their dating problems in LA, full of emotionally unavailable, hot mess men on every corner Call her dad-like Podcast titled “You Guessed It” Nobody wants that. At a dinner party, Bell meets Brody's Rabbi Noah Roklov in a case of mistaken identity that is quickly resolved, and throughout the series he continues to surprise her by undermining her often misconceptions about what a rabbi is (he smokes Grass). ! He has sex!) and who can be a single man dating in LA.

From the beginning, Nobody wants that reassures its viewers and assures us that Brody's Rabbi Roklov is not your typical love interest. He's not the brooding, taciturn type whose icy exterior needs to be warmed and worked upon by the right (read: perfect, pure) woman. He is not the cheating womanizer who finds the right (read: perfect, pure) woman who will make him stop his cheating ways and finally see women no longer as objects to be used and conquered, but as sentient, human people who also deserve respect.

When we meet Brody's Noah, he's funny, dressed and charming. (Would I trust him to open a vintage bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape? No, but you can't win them all.) Not only that, but something refreshing for male love interests: He's gentle, attentive, and tender. and emotionally available – all of which scare Bell's Joanne. And other men can learn from all of this! Sure there's a mishap with a jacket, but he comes back from it, and that is the power of being emotionally available!

Suffice to say, it's nothing new for a religious man to be hot – there was Mandy Patinkin's yeshiva student Yentland Ben Stiller's hip rabbi is there Keep the faith. Sadly, even young Mandy Patinkin bathes naked in the lake while droplets of water bury themselves under his forest of chest hair and his abs and find their way to him – er, even young Mandy can't compare to Adam Brody's hot rabbi In Nobody wants that. I can't lie.

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This is a glorified thirst piece, but it's not just about how completely shocked I am by his soft, tousled curls or his puppy dog ​​eyes, but it's also about how much I want to see Brody's character out of that sweater. It's more about how tender he is, how he talks to Bell's character Joanne (terrible name, but I digress), and how he holds her face when they talk. How he wins her back every time she tries to run away by being open and honest, by being responsible for his (and sometimes even her) actions, and by providing reassurance when she needs it most. By being a good partner.

When it comes to romantic comedies or romantic dramas, all too often we are dealing with romantic heroes who are allowed to be flawed, derogatory, and imperfect. If we're honest, they're somewhat allowed to be jerks while the women they meet are given no such leeway, reflecting the gender double standards we often see in real dating. Nobody wants that undermines this idea. First with Joanne, a flawed woman who is afraid of love, runs away at the sight of a healthy relationship and gives up when things get even a little too difficult. And just as important is Rabbi Roklov, a man who sees her concerns, calms her suspicions, calms her anger, and loves her despite it all.

Beneath this extremely well-written, well-acted television series full of the craziest chemistry I've seen in years lies a lesson for men. That you will always prevail in the end if you create emotional security and stability instead of leading with money and a property. Even if things get worse (in a jacket with basketball shorts), you can still come back from the “ick,” and that’s no small thing. Trust, everyone wants this.

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