User banned (5 days): Reinforcing harmful stereotypes
(the mantel of the Torah in this image, translated from Hebrew, reads "wah")
[...] If Mario's Italian background can be a thread of his decades-long tapestry, there is no reason the same cannot be true for Wario's—likely patrilineal, let's be honest—Jewish heritage.
Nintendo has a few options as far as this goes. They could make Wario really more of a cultural Jew, and have him go to Shabbos dinner a few times a year and light Hanukkah candles with a fire flower. He could be more of a Larry David Jew—an antagonist who is less of an enemy to Mario and more of an annoying guy who keeps asking about the proper etiquette around freeing a princess and using other people's Warp Pipes. But, for me, personally, there is exactly one thing Nintendo can do to get me to a point where I am comfortable with Wario's clear Semitic lineage: make him a rabbi.
First of all, shut up. This is a good idea.
Link to article (AMP here)Wario will be a fun rabbi, but he will also be a good one. As an incorrigible egotist, Wario is more than prepared for carrying on the long tradition of Jews yelling at each other about the finer points of Talmudic interpretation. As a partially reformed villain who has succumbed to greed in the past, he knows the sin that lies in men's hearts intimately, and how to lead the members of his congregation away from temptation. And as a man who has been locked in an eternal struggle with his ostensibly purer, more perfect self, Wario grasps the importance of understanding the often-fraught lines between good and evil.
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