“Long Story Short” tenderly recounts the tribulations of a Jewish American family
The new animated series from the creators of “BoJack Horseman” premiered on Netflix on August 22nd. “Long Story Short” depicts the daily lives of the Schwoopers, a Jewish-American family, in a non-chronological order. It's all done with a blend of humor, sweetness, and bite. It's been critically acclaimed.
“When I’m sick, I always feel like I kind of asked for it. So I don’t take medication, otherwise it’s cheating.” Avi Schwooper’s (Ben Feldman) dark, self-deprecating humor runs through the episodes of Long Story Short, released on Netflix on August 22. A music critic by profession, he is married—at least until his divorce—to Jen (Angelique Cabral), and they have a daughter: Hannah (Michaela Dietz). The family portrait, however, is much broader, since the animated series focuses on several generations, reports the Los Angeles Times . “Avi’s parents are the serious, strong-willed Naomi Schwartz (Lisa Edelstein) and the funnier, more laid-back Elliot Cooper (Paul Reiser). […] Avi’s sister, Shira (Abbi Jacobson), is the short-tempered middle child. She’s starting a family with Kendra (Nicole Byer), a Black woman who has chosen to embrace Judaism. The youngest sibling, Yoshi (Max Greenfield), is a bit of a loser.”
The viewer follows these prominent figures, and others, through a series of everyday scenes, presented in a joyful chronological disorder. And most of them take place in the San Francisco Bay Area. “Our collective impression of the Schwooper tribe [combined]
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