In his wildest dreams, Israeli comedian Gil Kopatch could never have written such a script. No producer would touch it. Ultrareligious Jews grow livid. Furor erupts in Israel's Knesset, sparking debate over Noah's penis.
Government is in danger of falling.
Any self-respecting agent would show a scriptwriter the door for such a cockamamie idea. But fact is stranger than fiction. He may have been innocent and righteous, but he packed a big hammer. Kopatch's sketches cast a modern light on the weekly Torah portion, in the street Hebrew of Israeli youth, shaped by political edge and social commentary. Kopatch treats Bible heroes with irreverence.