![]() ![]() The episode “ Sunrise, Sunset” is named after the song from the iconic Jewish musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Alexis sports a hamsa necklace featuring a hand shape with an eye (in Jewish understandings of the hamsa, the hand is symbolic of God’s hand, which wards off the evil eye). John reminisces about his boyhood Hebrew school baseball team, The Flying Latkes, and Moira references a Passover seder. More references abound, for example, in Seasons 5 and 6: Daniel mentions his birthright trip, a reference to free, 10-day trips for Jews between the ages of 18 and 32 who have never before travelled to Israel, and Alexis recalls her bat mitzvah for which she wore a tiara. The show’s Jewish references are abbreviated, dropped in passing in a number of the show’s episodes.Ī local man presumes that John has bagel expertise because he is Jewish in Season 2, Episode 5 Daniel explicitly describes himself as a product of a “delightful half-half situation” (referring to an interfaith family) in a Season 4 holiday special. THE CANADIAN PRWSS/AP-Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/APĮugene Levy, Jewish in real life, is also Jewish as John Rose John’s wife, Moira, is not. The show has also been recognized for its deft handling of a range of identity issues, particularly LGBTQ+ relationships, pansexuality, socio-economic class and Canadian-ness.Įugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara in 2019 in Los Angeles. The cast has been lauded for their superb, on-point performances. Schitt’s Creek has won 102 awards, including a sweep of the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards and 2021 Canadian Screen Awards for comedy. Over time, however, Schitt’s Creek becomes the source of the Rose family’s redemption, saving them from not only potentially endless wandering in search of a new home, but also, to a large extent, their parochial world view. ![]() John, in better times, bought the title to the town for David as a birthday joke. They’re forced from their lavish home in California to Schitt’s Creek, a tacky, down-and-out small rural town. The Roses, including parents John (Eugene Levy) and Moira (Catherine O'Hara), and grown children Alexis (Annie Murphy) and David (Daniel Levy), have beenĬonned out of their wealth by Eli, their corrupt business manager. CBC’s breakthrough comedy Schitt’s Creek tells the story of the Rose family.
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