The Undoing author doesn't mind that the HBO adaptation erases her novel's Jewishness

The Forward

Sarah Silverman and Howard Stern are huge fans of David E. Kelley's HBO limited series. So Silverman told Stern earlier this week she was shocked to learn the characters based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2014 psychological thriller You Should Have Known were all Jewish in the book. “I f*cking knew it,” Silverman said, pointing to a larger trend of shows erasing characters' Jewishness. Korelitz, however, doesn't mind, emphasizing that she doesn't even know the ending to Kelley's version. “It’s another story,” said Korelitz. “It’s a related story. If you’re going to have this tight grip on every detail, you really should not submit your work for adaptation.”

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