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- The eight-episode sci-fi/caper/horror/comedy hybrid, which premieres on March 19 on Hulu, introduces petty criminal and gambler Juda Ben-Chayim. Juda heads to a poker game in Romania, where a beautiful vampire bites him in the neck and takes his winnings.
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- Exquisite comic timing. The showrunner, writer and star of “Juda,” Tzion Baruch, is a comedian and it shows. Comedy succeeds or fails on timing, and the timing of everything — from the rhythmic, Guy Ritchie-like visual editing to the 1940s screwball comedy-patter dialogue and reaction shots — is surgically precise.
- Gorgeous, haunting animation. After Juda’s life-changing encounter with a beautiful femme fatale (emphasis on the fatale) in Romania, a rabbi tells him the story of the last time there was a Jewish vampire (WWII, natch).
- A killer soundtrack. I’ve watched this series with quite a few musician and film industry friends, all of whom had the same question: “How did they afford all this music?”
- Non-toxic masculinity. Let’s get this out of the way: The characters aren’t saints (you’ll level up your Israeli profanity lexicon by watching the pilot alone), and the series isn’t going to win any awards for women’s representation (female characters other than the two love interests are in short supply).
Juda Ben Haim is a showy little thug, on his way to the biggest gambling in Romania with the money of a dangerous French mobster. A mysterious and beautiful woman shows up and changes all the picture.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Tzion Baruch, Amos Tamam, Moris Cohen
- Exquisite Comic Timing
- Gorgeous, Haunting Animation
- A Killer Soundtrack
- Non-Toxic Masculinity
- Classic High-Goth European Vampires
- The Most Jewish Heist/Jailbreak Ever
- A Rebuke to Blood Libel Myths
The showrunner, writer, and eponymous star of Juda, Tzion Baruch, is a comedian and it shows. Comedy succeeds or fails on timing, and the timing of everything — from the rhythmic, Guy-Ritchie-like visual editing to the 1940s-screwball-comedy-patter dialogue and reaction shots — is surgically precise. While the show isn’t a comedy, its hapless poker...
After Juda’s life-changing encounter with a beautiful femme fatale (emphasis on the fatale) in Romania, a rabbi tells him the story of the last time there was a Jewish vampire (WWII, natch). The flashbacks are done in eerily beautiful black-and-white animation with carefully chosen spots of color (perhaps an homage to Schindler’s List). What could ...
I’ve watched this series with quite a few musician and film industry friends, all of whom had the same question: “How did they afford all this music?” From Johnny Cash to perfectly produced Metallica, Jay-Z, and Eurythmics covers, the soundtrack is a whirlwind of great music. (Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” is, hilariously, a plot point.) T...
Let’s get this out of the way: The characters aren’t saints (you’ll level up your Israeli profanity lexicon by watching the pilot alone), and the series isn’t going to win any awards for women’s representation (female characters other than the two love interests are in short supply). But a scene in which a frightened Juda can’t sleep, and his best ...
Forget vampires who have nanites in their blood, who sparkle in the sunlight, who are aliens, or who are just misunderstood. The Romanian vampire antagonists in Juda are descendants of Dracula and out-Underworld Underworld itself in their corseted, black-clad glory. Their headquarters are in catacombs accessed via a secret button in an elevator. An...
So your buddy’s in jail, and you need to get him out before the mob has him murdered. How do you pull it off? Well, if you’re Juda, you have your Hasidic friend head to the police station to replace their mezuzotand distribute books of Psalms (one of which, of course, is hollowed out so the protagonists can smuggle a weapon to their captive comrade...
The development of the vampire mythos may have been spurred by anti-Semitism (see this great breakdown), but in Juda, Jews get to bite back. Vampire law prohibits preying on Jews, and when one of Dracula’s children unwittingly breaks this law, it could spell the end for vampirekind. Jewish values insist that Juda refrain from drinking human blood a...
Mar 13, 2019 · Juda heads to a poker game in Romania, where a beautiful vampire bites him in the neck and takes his winnings. Suddenly, he’s super strong and literally bloodthirsty, and she’s horrified to...
- Gerri Miller
The film has been cited for featuring an explicitly Jewish vampire who is unafraid of the cross (the joke about the Yiddish vampire who sniffs at the crucifix, which was recently featured in...
Jun 3, 2019 · Juda’s metamorphosis from human to vampire is genuinely compelling because, ironically, it’s juxtaposed with his evolution of becoming a better person and reconnecting with his humanity. The show has a lot to say about the importance of Juda doing teshuva (repentance) for his past behavior.
A thug's life changes after he's bitten by a seductive vampiress who doesn't realize she has broken a cardinal rule of her forefathers.
