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Tiffany Haddish, who Vogue recently named “Comedy’s New Queen”, continues to make us cackle. In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s “Three Ridiculous Questions” she showed off her ability to turn just two minutes on screen into a memorable charm offensive. Her time spent with the late night host involved booze and— you guessed it— three obscene questions. The stylized interview opens up with Kimmel, as a bartender, refilling Haddish’s martini. She holds up her drink as if to say, ‘I’m drinking during daylight hours but IDGAF WHAT YOU THINK’, giving the camera a drunken expression.

“What’s the best thing about white people?” Kimmel asks.

“I mean it depends on the person. Some white guys, they take their shirt off and I’m like damn,” the 38-year-old comedian says. “They’ve got translucent nipples,” she adds. Definitely not the answer we were expecting, but now white guys all over must be checking out their nipples in the mirror.

When asked if she would thrive in space, she says “only if a man is there with me.” That’s not to say she thinks she needs a man; the star of the upcoming movie “Nobody’s Fool” is a strong all on her own. But practically speaking, the human race needs to reproduce to continue existing, she explains. Kimmel laughs at her candid humor and fires another arbitrary question her way. For Haddish, comedy had always been a distraction from the foster care system and a poverty-stricken upbringing.

“The only time I didn’t wanna cry is when I was laughing,” Haddish tells Vogue in the September issue. At 15-years-old she claimed her ticket into the world of comedy, when a social worker sent her to Los Angeles’ Laugh Factory to overcome behavioral issues. Through her 20’s, she worked odd jobs including Bar Mitzvah parties.

If there’s one thing to learn from Tiffany Haddish, it’s that nobody is an overnight success. And that if you wind up owning a robot butler, name it James.

Bonnie Azoulay is an intern at the Forward.

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If the current American zeitgeist could be captured in one phrase, it surely would contain the screaming of the word “Nazi.” Who knew that in 2018 Americans would be either seeing Nazis or discrediting claims of Nazis left and right (if you will).

“The Oath” is a movie made for our times. Produced by the team behind “Get Out” and “BlacKkKlansman,” it follows a politically divided family who converges over Thanksgiving for turkey and, ultimately, tasers. Written and directed by Jewish comedian Ike Barinholtz, a Schmooze favorite for his painfully funny character on “The Mindy Project,” it aims to walk the line between comedy and thriller. “The Oath” stars Tiffany Haddish — the breakout performer of 2017, who is black and Jewish — and John Cho, one of the most-likable and most under-cast performers of the last decade. Really, the only thing that would be better is if Carrie Brownstein were somehow involved.

She is. So’s Jay Duplass, the troubled youngest Pfefferman sibling on “Transparent,” and human realization of the Jewish-American id.

Essentially, what we have here is a collection of great minds with a track record of brilliant filmmaking, creating a movie about something every American can relate to, featuring a cast of Jewish people, people of color, and people who are Jew-ish people of color.

And Mindy Kaling says it’s good:

I’ve seen this awesome, completely original thriller and read the script so you could call me an Oath stan! Get excited! https://t.co/vwhTnjJ3le— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) August 17, 2018

The rest of 2018 is looking up.

Teaser trailer for “The Oath”:

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

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When it comes to “Wonder Woman: 1984” we take the lyrics to “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” very seriously.

We will come see about them (on November 1, 2019.)

We will think of all the tender things that they’re working on (Is Wonder Woman a role model or just another impossible expectation for women?! Etc!)

We will recognize them (especially Chris Pine, whose character died in the last movie and yet will mysteriously appear in this one!)

The team making “Wonder Women: 1984,” the follow-up to the smash hit 2017 “Wonder Woman” is making quite sure we don’t forget about them while we wait for 2019 to show up. Stars Gal Gadot, Pine, Kristin Wiig, and Pedro Pascal posed with director Patti Jenkins in a perfect recreation of the famous “Breakfast Club” cover image. That movie, made by John Hughes in 1985 and imprinted on the collective American conscience ever since, captures an 80’s zeitgeist that Jenkins & co. are likely looking to — though probably with less gritty angst and more CGI lassoes.

We’re living in the age of great recreated throwback pictures (truly an age of wonder!) but this one stands out as exceptional.

This picture just won the internet today! #WonderWoman #WonderWoman1984 #BreakfastClub pic.twitter.com/XLX6XLwQo4— Nickel City Con (@nickelcitycon) August 17, 2018

Now we’d like to see the cast of “Wonder Woman: 1984” record a cover of Bowling For Soup’s “1985.”

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

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The more things change, the more they stay the same?

A comprehensive new study done by CBS News and Refinery29 asked the tiresome but necessary question: What Do Women Want? Specifically, it surveyed 2,093 American adult women about their political opinions, with a focus on millennials — 18-35-year-olds.

70% of millennial women said things in America are “going in the wrong direction.” 70% said they were “dissatisfied” or “angry” with Donald Trump’s presidency so far. 46% have unfavorable opinions about Ivanka Trump, while 36% are undecided. 46% consider themselves feminists. And only 30% say they’ll definitely vote in the next election.

In the lingua franc of my own generation: ladies, like — literally what are we doing here? The results of this study are as opaque as our vintage 90’s mood rings. We’re overwhelmingly angry and dissatisfied, but not planning to vote? We haven’t hit the 50% mark yet for identifying as people who believe in our own equal rights? We generally dislike Ivanka Trump, but we’re not registering to vote against the guy who hired her?

But hey now — Refinery points out that a Pew study showed that turnout for millennials at the 2014 midterms was 22%, so 30% would be a big step up (or, since the article was about women, men will be dragging us down.) And there are still two months till November — let’s make up our minds, ladies. You know Ivanka Trump has made up hers.

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

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Aretha Franklin was the heartbeat of American music, an unmatchable talent with an unmatchable presence. Thursday’s news of her death from pancreatic cancer at age 76 was met by testaments to her greatness from everyone from Barack and Michelle Obama to Barbra Streisand. For the Forward, Benjamin Ivry wrote a meditation on Franklin’s lasting Jewish significance, which is well worth reading. But there’s no way to celebrate Franklin’s extraordinary impact on American culture like listening to her own prolific output. Save some time this weekend to sit down with some of her greatest records; The New York Times has a good primer on where to start.

Otherwise, read on for the best ways to spend your weekend in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as the best new books and movies.

1) Read

Bart van Es’s “The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found” has earned early praise; writing for the Forward, Julia M. Klein called it a “graceful memoir.” Paul Kildea’s new book “Chopin’s Piano: In Search of the Instrument that Transformed Music” tracks the titular composer’s beloved instrument through history, and crucially, through the possession of the Jewish harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. And if you’ve yet to read James Loeffler’s “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century,” read it on Glenn C. Altschuler’s recommendation. “Loeffler makes a compelling case that ‘the political and moral dilemmas facing Jews today’ are exacerbated by a ‘lazy dichotomy’ between nationhood ‘that is positioned in opposition to the world’ and human rights universalism ‘that pretends to come from nowhere,’” Altschuler writes.

2) Watch

“Crazy Rich Asians” is the week’s buzziest new feature, and, as Jenny Singer writes, it’s a must-see for Jews. Also worth catching is “The Wife,” an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 novel of the same name, which stars Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce. And this week saw the passing of the Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi. Revisit some of his oeuvre, including the best foreign-language film-winning “Madame Rosa,” in memoriam.

3) New York City

Two notable plays close this weekend: Classic Stage Company’s take on Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carmen Jones” and the Public Theater’s Central Park production Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” with original songs by Shaina Taub. Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is heading into the last weekend of a brief run at the Village Vanguard, another good option.

4) Washington, D.C.

Theater is the main event in D.C., this weekend, as well; make time for either the Keegan Theatre’s “The Bridges of Madison County,” with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, or the Theatre Lab’s take on Kander and Ebb’s “Curtains.” Sunday afternoon, make your way to the National Gallery of Art for a lecture on German Expressionism from curator David Gariff.

5) Chicago

Saturday night, camp out at Ravinia for a celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial presented by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Marin Alsop conducting. Otherwise, head to a promising new gallery exhibit, either the Woman Made Gallery’s 21st International Open or Hyde Park Art Center’s “The Art of Being Dangerous.”

6) Los Angeles

Bernstein out-of-doors seems to be a theme this weekend; in LA, a top pick is the Pasadena Symphony and Pops’ “Bernstein’s New York” at the LA County Arboretum. Otherwise, two plays beckon: Stephen Sachs’s “Arrival & Departure” at the Fountain Theatre and “Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin” at Plays 411.