#george bluth

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Evidence of the Bluths being Jewish (master list)

Reblog with more if you know of any!

-The creator, Mitch Hurwitz (who’s Jewish), specifically created the family to be ambiguously Jewish (essentially, they were created with Judaism in mind). In an interview with the New Yorker, Mitch said the Bluths were partially based on his Wife’s Jewish family, and they got “more Jewish” as the show went on.

-Both Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter, who played George Sr. and Lucille (the patriarch and matriarch of the family) are Jewish.

-Bluth is a fairly common Ashkenazic last name, this was also specifically in mind when creating the family. In an interview, Mitch said that he gave them a name that was “Jewish, but not too Jewish” (and essentially making them that by extension), to have wiggle room on jokes/situations.

-When George Sr. “converted” in jail, he already knew Yiddish/Hebrew, what a yarmulke was for, and seemingly everything else about Judaism (his reason for conversion was seeing a reflection of the Star of David on the wall, just fyi).

-In season 1 episode 4, there’s a mezuzah on the doorframe of the Bluth model home, which was five episodes before George Sr’s prison conversion.

-This is a bit of a stretch on my part, but when White Power Bill stabbed Gob, he screamed “White Power!” but Gob’s… White…. Now, this could just be Pokémon speak (re: Annyong), but it was specifically stated that WPB was antisemitic.

-Unfortunately, the whole thing with the “Bluth Nose”.

-Perhaps unfortunately, they do fall into a lot of media stereotypes. Most glaringly, the Overbearing Jewish Mother (Lucille), as well the Jewish American Princess (Lindsay) and the Nice Jewish Boy (almost every male character save for George Sr. and Gob). If the Bluths were canonically Jewish these would be blatant stereotypes and I don’t know how I feel about that…

And if any of you were wondering, yes I am Jewish.

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Is there a carbon monoxide leak in this house?

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Arrested Development (2003-2019): Season 1, Episode 2 Moments - Part 2

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NOOO😭😭😭

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michael bluth icons

[constantine-2005]

if anyone in the bluth family knew how to communicate properly none of that show would've ever happened

[anonymous-tals]

I haven't seen anyone do a compilation of neurodivergent moments in Arrested Development so ta da

(it's mainly autism and adhd coded scenes but there's other stuff in there too)

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did they ever follow up on maggie’s REAL pregnancy?

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2x03, “Hand to God”

George: Up yours, granny!

Lucille: You couldn’t handle it!

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Nobody:

George Bluth and Aegon Targaryen II:

[eachlittlebird]

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Thinking of deleting this blog. I still love Arrested Development so much, but I no longer have a desire to run this particular blog.

Please let me know if you’re interested in maintaining this blog.

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Arrested Development (2003-2019): Season 1, Episode 2 Moments - Part 1