'It was one of those things where I saw it on the screen, and I was expecting the crowd to be like 'Holy s***, she did not — in a wizarding world — just throw Jews in there to run the f****** underground bank,'' Stewart said
Leave it to Jon Stewart to point out another problem with the increasingly problematic legacy of J.K. Rowling'spodcast — an audio companion to his Apple TV+ current affairs series — the formerPotterThat portion of the podcast was posted on the show's YouTube channel on Dec. 16, and is now going viral after being shared by activist Rafael Shimunov in a lengthy Twitter thread that comments on the "antisemitic tropes" in Rowling's work.
"It was one of those things where I saw it on the screen, and I was expecting the crowd to be like 'Holy s***, she did not — in a wizarding world — just throw Jews in there to run the f****** underground bank,'" Stewart said. "And everybody was just like: 'Wizards!'" In his Twitter thread, Shimunov shared the scene that Stewart may have been referencing, which appeared in the film franchise's first installment,, directed by Chris Columbus.
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