Anti-semitigaffe Defined

Popular among celebrities and pundits alike, an anti-semitigaffe is the inadvertent intent to mine Jewish stereotypes for cheap laughs, made while unawares that anti-Semitic humor -- unless you are a Jew yourself -- is unfunny and inappropriate.

On Jay Leno (he of the Chin Dong notoriety), while plugging her new film, the box-office disaster, Things We Lost in the Fire, Halle Berry decided it would be a fun idea to use her little Mac Photo Booth to show Leno and the audience what she looked like when her picture was distorted, like a fun-house mirror. One of the pictures apparently distorted her nose in such a way to make it look huge. Berry’s wisecrack: “Here’s where I look like my Jewish cousin!” Ha ha ha! That’s one hell of a anti-semitigaffe. And, see, it’s funny because Jews have large schnozzes, right Halle? And Jews run all the movies studios too, huh? And Halle Berry is an actress who depends on movie studio bosses to continue her career. See where I’m getting at hear, Halle? Now, that’s funny.