I found it interesting in the final episode that is all about the songwriting that came out of the golden era of the Brill building in NYC - that all the songwriters were Jewish but there's no mention of that, whatsoever. Neil Sedaka, Carol King, Jerry Goffin, Jeff Barry, Any Kim, the list go on and on. All Jews! Not to mention every member of The Shangri-Las ALL Jewish girls from Queens.
Obviously we know that at that time in the 50s and 60s Jews were changing their names to assimilate and not stick out as much, especially in entertainment, because of anti Semitism and wanting to reach a wider audience. Even the first ever female record company owner Florence Greenberg, was of course Jewish- as well as almost every producer in that building. I mean, it just would been nice for the filmmakers to talk about the connection of all these extremely talented Jewish people who came from immigrant families from Europe and Sephardic countries. To make the connection of us being a soul people and a nation of survival that lead to actualIzation of all different types of intelligence and talent that these people mastered- it matters.
These were some of the most talented songwriters and musicians of that era in NYC and they just all happened to be Jewish, that's not a coincidence.
Neil Sedaka went to Julliard and was a musical prodigy, Carol (Klein) King was one of the best pop songwriters of all time. I feel the filmmakers should have gone a little deeper and highlighted that all these hit songs were being written by Jews!
Obviously we know that at that time in the 50s and 60s Jews were changing their names to assimilate and not stick out as much, especially in entertainment, because of anti Semitism and wanting to reach a wider audience. Even the first ever female record company owner Florence Greenberg, was of course Jewish- as well as almost every producer in that building. I mean, it just would been nice for the filmmakers to talk about the connection of all these extremely talented Jewish people who came from immigrant families from Europe and Sephardic countries. To make the connection of us being a soul people and a nation of survival that lead to actualIzation of all different types of intelligence and talent that these people mastered- it matters.
These were some of the most talented songwriters and musicians of that era in NYC and they just all happened to be Jewish, that's not a coincidence.
Neil Sedaka went to Julliard and was a musical prodigy, Carol (Klein) King was one of the best pop songwriters of all time. I feel the filmmakers should have gone a little deeper and highlighted that all these hit songs were being written by Jews!