The New Yorker in Hot Water Over Lena Dunham’s Quiz

CNNMoney: Actress Lena Dunham is no stranger to controversy, and she’s in hot water again. This time it’s because she compares her Jewish boyfriend to a dog in the latest issue of the New Yorker. The magazine’s editor, David Remnick, issued a statement: “The Jewish-comic tradition is rich with the mockery of, and playing with, stereotypes. Anyone who has ever heard Lenny Bruce or Larry David or Sarah Silverman or who has read ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’ knows that.”