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Jewsploitation en · NOUN

Etymology

From Jew + -sploitation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A genre of exploitation films focusing on Jews and Jewish experiences.
    • The film, one of the first to emerge from the burgeoning "Jewsploitation" genre, is ripped from true-crime headlines and follows an impressionable youth (Eisenberg) from an Orthodox Brooklyn community. 2007 November 15, Gregg Goldstein, “Eisenberg, Bartha in the 'Holy' land”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
    • Saturday night I went to the Gershman Y to see the new "Jewsploitation" film The Hebrew Hammer, which I'm guessing is going to raise some hackles in the same way my headline did. 2003 December 10, Liz Spikol, “Hammer Time”, in Philadelphia Weekly:
    • The Hebrew Hammer may very well be the first "Jewsploitation" comedy, but star Adam Goldberg promises the film avoids the truly offensive. 2002 July, Diane Vadino, “Movie News”, in Spin, page 47: