"Luckless in New York: The Schlemiel and the
Schlimazel in Seinfeld." Journal of Popular Film and Television 22 (1994): 120-24.
Unfortunately, Larry often as not missteps, creating chaos both for himself as well as for other characters who, as
schlimazels, are the victims of Larry and his actions.
Vice President Al Gore has to be the
schlimazel of American politics.
One learned, for example, how to distinguish between the schlemiel and his ever-present cousin the
schlimazel, and the lengths that a schnorrer ("shameless beggar") would go to wangle a meal.
Like other typical
Schlimazel antiheroes, Tommy wavers in his decisions, and then seems magnetically drawn to the most self-defeating response.
In other words, it is one more glaring proof that I am not Mahatma Gandhi or even Che Guevara, just another soft-bellied
schlimazel trying to keep the lawn mowed and the psychopaths off the lawn.
"Schlemiel,
schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!" Unwind from a day of learning and join your colleagues in the heart of Milwaukee.
