Remembering Crazy Eddie, the electronics store chain that was run like Studio 54

But it was for Antar, because the Syrian Jewish community is tight-knit as a defense mechanism for their diaspora. He used that to his advantage, which is very unfortunate, and self-serving. The group hid their criminality behind the diaspora.
These are the guys who are the turds in the punch bowl, so to speak.

I’m aware, as I often note here at the BBS that my concentration at university was in Film & Media Studies, with most of my courses in film history, propaganda, and its sociological aspects.

Yes, it is a horrible trope, but I think you are misplacing the blame on the writer instead of Antar.

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