{"id":393291,"date":"2022-01-13T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inside-brads-bar-mitzvah-on-the-wonder-years\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T05:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T02:00:42","slug":"inside-brads-bar-mitzvah-on-the-wonder-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-brads-bar-mitzvah-on-the-wonder-years\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inside Brad’s Bar Mitzvah on ‘The Wonder Years’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Inside Brad’s Bar Mitzvah on ‘The Wonder Years’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Wonder Years<\/em> Episode 11 \u201cBrad Mitzvah.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the episode title of the latest Wonder Years<\/em> reveals, the comedy tackles that oh-so-important moment where a kid takes a step towards becoming an adult. Specifically for Brad (Julian Lerner), it\u2019s his bar mitzvah, while for Dean (Elisha \u201cEJ\u201d Williams), it\u2019s being torn between a friend and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

As Brad shares early on, he\u2019s nervous about his speech, and he hopes that his best friend can help him with it. But Dean becomes a bit too busy with his girlfriend Charlene (Milan Marsh) insisting he end his friendship with Keisa (Milan Ray). Still, in the end, Dean offers advice \u2014 to be himself \u2014 and Brad comes up with just the right speech, explaining he hadn\u2019t chosen his \u201cthird name,\u201d the one \u201cyou give yourself\u201d yet. Being Jewish in Montgomery has made him feel different, but he\u2019s planning to stand up for himself, his people, and what he believes is right. \u201cI may not know what my third name is yet, but I do know who I am: a proud Jew from Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n

That speech \u201cneeded to serve two purposes,\u201d showrunner and executive producer Saladin K. Patterson tells TV Insider. \u201cIt needed to have a lesson at its core that also app<\/a>lied to what our main character Dean was dealing with, and it needed to speak to Brad coming to terms with his position of \u2018other\u2019 in the racial landscape of the south, in a way that a 13-year-old would be able to articulate. The writer of the episode, Yael Galena, pulled from her own bat mitzvah speech (and similar speeches given by rabbis) to give the cultural foundation for the speech that we then tweaked it to apply to our characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Brad, \u201cpart of [his] struggle with the speech is worrying about what other people will think and not trusting himself,\u201d Lerner says. \u201cFitting in is a primary concern for everyone in junior high. Then add in something that makes a kid feel different and anxiety sneaks right in.\u201d Because he \u201ctrusts his best friend,\u201d Brad was \u201cable to hear Dean\u2019s advice and apply it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Julian<\/p>\n

ABC\/Eliza Morse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lerner admits he was nervous the day that scene was filmed, but received support from the cast, crew, and writing team. \u201cMost of the time we film scenes together with other actors so we can support each other in the moment during the shot. It is different to stand in front of everyone and film a speech,\u201d he explains. \u201cI felt completely supported by Saladin and [executive producer and director] Fred [Savage]<\/a>. Fred even connected me with his kid\u2019s Hebrew teacher to help with the torah portions. Hearing Saladin and Fred tell me how proud they were is a feeling I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in the end, it\u2019s with that experience that \u201cBrad finds his voice,\u201d the actor says. \u201cIn the beginning Brad shakes off kids making fun of him for being Jewish even though it is clearly hurting him. Brad confidently speaks out about being proud of who is during his speech which is a big change. This change will shape who Brad becomes as he grows up. Celebrating our differences fosters respect and open-mindedness for other cultures which helps unite and educate us.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he does try to come across as more mature after his speech when he tries to offer Dean advice \u2014 which he\u2019ll continue to \u201cnot always successfully\u201d do \u2014 Lerner notes that \u201cthere is a goofiness and naivety to Brad that I don\u2019t think we will lose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Elisha<\/p>\n

ABC\/Eliza Morse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Adds Patterson, \u201cit is very important for us to always portray our characters as real kids. The truth is, you can say to a 13 year old \u2018Now, you are a man,\u2019 but they really have NO idea what that means. They feel like they are supposed to suddenly feel like a man, without realizing that it means you are now old enough to start \u2018learning\u2019 what it means to be a man. Our character of Brad is a prankster and silly by nature, but we have now set the table for an upcoming episode where he will be forced to come out of that comfort zone in order to mature and reach his potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dean at first did as Charlene asked before trying to get the girls to be friends then standing up to his girlfriend \u2026 only for her to go crying to Keisa. In the end, he\u2019d lost both girls, though he did fix things with his best friend. In this episode, \u201cwe wanted Dean to gain the awareness that the \u201coutsider\u201d feeling is as much a product of being an adolescent as it is a product of being a minority. His Jewish friend even has similar challenges,\u201d Patterson says. \u201cBecause racism is so in-your-face, it\u2019s easier to know the \u2018right\u2019 thing to do when faced with it. But that same strength is useful when you are faced with the various other challenges adolescents face that all boil down to caring less about what other people think of you and focusing on how you see yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for what else is ahead, Brad will be \u201cacademically challenged by a new teacher,\u201d Lerner teases. Plus, \u201cBrad is hopeful for some romance\u2026.maybe at the Valentine\u2019s Day dance?!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wonder Years<\/em>, Wednesdays, 8:30\/7:30c, ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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