Heads up "Woodstock" movie revives anti-semitic stereotypes

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From KPBS (San Diego) movie club

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/aug/26/film-club-inglourious-basterds-yoo-hoo-mrs-goldber/

And we move to a contemporary film that seems to be reinstating them? Especially for the Jewish characters but, I mean, all the characters feel very stereotype. Nobody feels real: the Vietnam vet, the Jewish parents, the hippies. It all feels so far removed from you – It really feels like some out – And, I mean, Ang Lee is not an American, he comes from Taiwan. But, I mean, it really feels like somebody who's an outsider from reality looking in and creating these types as opposed to really full-blooded characters.

CAVANAUGH: And, Scott?

MARKS: Oh, boy. You're right. To go from Gertrude Berg to Imelda Staunton's character in this film and we – we met Imelda Staunton. She came to the…

ACCOMANDO: Umm-hmm.

MARKS: …San Diego Film Critics luncheon. We gave her an award for "Vera Drake," and she was so gracious. And I thought her performance in that film was astounding. And I – After that, it's like it's pulling a thorn out of my paw. I want to see everything this woman did. This is the most stereotypical money-grubbing Jew I've seen put on a film – put in film in ages. It is so ugly. And it's the whole – that's – Everybody in this film is given one bit of business and hers is money. I vant money, and she does the accent. I mean, we're going back decades now. There's one scene where she wakes up sleeping on her money. I mean, this is like Scrooge McDuck for Hasidim. I mean, this is – This movie offended me in ways I can't even tell you. Vietnam vets with the flashback scenes are laughable. And you know what, gay men, they listen to Judy Garland. Boy, I never heard that before. This film is an abomination. It has very little to do with Woodstock although I will say I thought the acid flashback scenes were very well filmed and I thought the computer generated concert in the background was very, very well done. But for the rest of this film, Ang Lee should be ashamed of himself.