3. “No Jews Were Harmed…” (A Serious Man)
Joel and Ethan Coen – collectively and professionally known as the Coen Brothers – directed the 2009 dark comedy A Serious Man. It was a movie about a Jewish man called Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) who began to question his faith as his life began to fall apart on both a professional and a personal level.
Given that the lead character is given one hell of a hard time in the movie, the Coen Brothers saw fit to place a cheeky hidden message in the credits stating that “no Jews were harmed in the making of this motion picture” – something that suited the style of comedy in the movie itself rather brilliantly.
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