Hi there folks!
I read in the book "saturday night: The uncensored story of SNL" That Gilda Radner "sat shiva" for John to be accepted in the show. What does "Sat shiva" mean?
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Posted 10 April 2006 - 06:19 AM
Hey osmondbear, how's it going? I waited awhile to reply to this, as I thought maybe someone else might be able to better explain. I will try.
Sitting shiva is a Jewish period of mourning. Traditionally, it is grievance for a family member who has died. But, as I understand, it can also apply to other situations (like a father/mother may sit shiva because their son/daughter married someone who's not of Jewish faith. I've even heard that many young girls sat shiva when the breakup of the Beatles happened.)
So in other words, it doesn't always have to be because someone passed -- Just that someone is experiencing a time of great sadness -- and sitting shiva is an expression of that grief. There's a wiki entry for sitting shiva at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Shiva
Perhaps, as it applies to Gilda's story, she sat shiva in grievance for John's situation of not initially being accepted to SNL. As it happened, her closest friends and colleagues may have rallied around her for support. It would have shown just how good of a friend John was, and how important John's acceptance was to her.
This is my interpretation of it. I don't know if I'm spot-on or way off. I haven't read the book. Does this seem to match-up with what you'd read from the book?
~LBL
Sitting shiva is a Jewish period of mourning. Traditionally, it is grievance for a family member who has died. But, as I understand, it can also apply to other situations (like a father/mother may sit shiva because their son/daughter married someone who's not of Jewish faith. I've even heard that many young girls sat shiva when the breakup of the Beatles happened.)
So in other words, it doesn't always have to be because someone passed -- Just that someone is experiencing a time of great sadness -- and sitting shiva is an expression of that grief. There's a wiki entry for sitting shiva at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Shiva
Perhaps, as it applies to Gilda's story, she sat shiva in grievance for John's situation of not initially being accepted to SNL. As it happened, her closest friends and colleagues may have rallied around her for support. It would have shown just how good of a friend John was, and how important John's acceptance was to her.
This is my interpretation of it. I don't know if I'm spot-on or way off. I haven't read the book. Does this seem to match-up with what you'd read from the book?
~LBL
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Posted 10 April 2006 - 10:31 PM
WOW! Thank you so much Lucky Bill! <<HUGS>> Now I know.
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