i saw "a serious man" with dave tonight and afterwards we talked about the stories that i associate with rabbis. the kind of story seems to be missing its ending. the end is where the moral of the story lives, that's the thing you have to fill in yourself. as dave pointed out, that's basically this movie: the dybbuk, the goy with the letters on his teeth, the everything.
others have compared "a serious man" to job. but there's no real theodicy here. it's not even clear if there is a god. is it really about religion? or is it an atheist parable dressed up in orthodox clothing?
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