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Is Bradley Cooper “Jewfishing” In His New Movie?

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

Get it the virtue time to get buzzed on the hot goss from Hollywood with Abby. It's the

0:06.6

virtues entertainment buzz.

0:08.8

People are comparing the makeup for Bradley Cooper's latest role to blackface. So Bradley

0:13.8

is playing a Jewish character in an upcoming film called Maestro. And it's about composer

0:18.2

Leonard Bernstein, which if you're like, who's Leonard Bernstein? He's a composer who

0:22.2

is probably best known for his work on West Side Story. So photos of Bradley in this

0:27.0

movie have come out. And the thing that's catching people's eye is this prosthetic nose

0:31.5

that he has on his face. It's a lot longer. It's a lot broader. And because Leonard

0:36.4

Bernstein has a very distinctive looking nose, it does make him look a lot more like the

0:40.1

character. But a lot of people are labeling this Jew face, basically saying Bradley, who's

0:45.2

not Jewish, was made to look more Jewish with this kind of makeup. And critics are specifically

0:49.7

upset about this because there's obviously a very long and ugly history of anti-Semitics,

0:54.3

characterizing Jewish people by portraying them with very large noses. But there's also

0:59.3

the other side of like Leonard Bernstein's family. They're coming out and have actually

1:02.7

signed off on this saying, you know, it happens to be true that that he had a nice large nose.

1:09.0

Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance. And they say they're perfectly

1:12.8

fine with that. And they also say that they think their father would have been fine with

1:17.2

it as well. So I have Jewish blood running, coursing through my veins. I have called myself

1:22.3

Jew-ish because I don't have a lot of formal background or history in it. So while I am Jewish,

1:27.8

I told you guys before I've always identified because of the way I grew up more as a Christian

1:32.3

than Jewish. So I'm very nervous to give an opinion on this. That might be offensive to my

1:38.3

Jewish brethren because I don't feel strongly about it. But when I read the articles and I saw

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