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Joe Blevins 
"Don't I look handsome?"
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 Posted - 11/02/2009 : 02:16:18
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Here is a quote from Roger Ebert's review of A Serious Man:
Why, why, why? I'm sure you've heard the old joke where Job asks the Lord why everything in his life is going wrong. Remember what the Lord replies? If you don't remember the joke, ask anyone. I can't prove it but I'm absolutely certain more than half of everyone on Earth has heard some version of that joke.
Ebert loves to do stuff like this in reviews, and it drives me batty. No, Rog, I've never heard of this joke. No one I know has heard this joke. And it can't be found through a search engine, because searching for Job brings up things about jobs.
So does anyone know this joke? Thanks. |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 11/02/2009 : 03:38:06
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| I can only guess, but could it be "Shit happens!"? |
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bife 
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 11/02/2009 : 22:53:58
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Could it be this:
Q: Which old testament character was know for having a foul mouth at a young age?
A: Job - He cursed the day he was born. (Job 3:1)
Nah, I guess not, considering the context.
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Edited by - duh on 11/02/2009 22:54:39 |
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Joe Blevins
"Don't I look handsome?"
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 02:29:24
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Thanks for the responses. I like all of these, actually. In my search, I found that there's one line from the actual Book of Job that some people consider God's one-and-only actual recorded joke. When Job complains about his problems, God responds: "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" I guess that could be a joke, depending on how you say it.
I still maintain that deliberately withholding the punchline of a joke is an irritating -- and borderline cruel -- affectation. |
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Mr Savoir Faire
"^ Click my name. "
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Posted - 02/21/2010 : 05:25:50
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I believe that god didn't have a response. God never told Job why he was torturing him, he just did. God never actually responds to Job in the book, but eventually he rewards him for never cursing God, even though he loses everything. God eventually rewards him and give Job more than he ever had.
Still, I don't get the reference and I'm somewhat of a bible scholar
I haven't seen the film though, so the context is lost on me. Job is the most damaging book of any christianity, in my opinion. Here you have a perfect guy who is punished only because the devil has a bet with god that Job will lose faith if God takes enough away from Job.
Why do bad things happen to good people? Well, according to the book of JOb, it's because the devil has a bet with God. The only books more damning of god are those that condone sexual slavery, genocide, and advocation of one race over the others ("God's chosen people").
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Joke about Job in Roger Ebert's review
