{"id":53658,"date":"2020-02-19T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T18:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=53658"},"modified":"2020-02-19T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T18:01:28","slug":"safdie-brothers-are-making-a-new-comedy-pilot-twitter-is-very-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/safdie-brothers-are-making-a-new-comedy-pilot-twitter-is-very-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"Safdie brothers are making a new comedy pilot. Twitter is very excited."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By EMILY BURACK<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Fresh off their critically acclaimed film \u201cUncut Gems,\u201d Jewish brothers Benny and Josh Safdie are making a comedy pilot with the Jewish comedian Nathan Fielder. (Fielder is best known for \u201cNathan for You,\u201d a Comedy Central show.)<\/p>\n<p>The Showtime series, called \u201cThe Curse,\u201d will star Fielder and Benny Safdie, and Deadline reports it \u201cexplores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple who star in \u201cFlipanthropy,\u201d their troubled HGTV show.\u201d Fielder is set to play the husband and Safdie the producer of the fictional show.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is ridiculously excited:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jewish excellence!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fk6OehAaZm\">https:\/\/t.co\/fk6OehAaZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Naomi Fry (@frynaomifry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frynaomifry\/status\/1229910209004482561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">inject it directly into my veins <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XjDnKzDeij\">https:\/\/t.co\/XjDnKzDeij<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qos7bEFymA\">pic.twitter.com\/Qos7bEFymA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jonah (official) (@jonahvwhale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonahvwhale\/status\/1229905223201718272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezwrites\/status\/1229903637461098496?s=20<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlmondMilkHotel\/status\/1229921796838785025?s=20<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/twelveoclocke\/status\/1229947768275427329?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. Jewish hall of fame.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrwjdNRWPd\">https:\/\/t.co\/MrwjdNRWPd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lizzyziggy (@lizzyziggywawa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzyziggywawa\/status\/1229914361004773376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannazigs\/status\/1229912432920928263?s=20<\/p>\n<p>No word on a tentative premiere date.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Safdie%20brothers%20are%20making%20a%20new%20comedy%20pilot.%20Twitter%20is%20very%20excited.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[10493,8790,8795,8788,10494],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53659,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658\/revisions\/53659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}