totally disappointed on one of my fave RSC actors. Sarah Silverman is right: don't do #Jewface
"Helen Mirren defends playing Israeli prime minister Golda Meir
https://www.avclub.com/helen-mirren-defends-playing-golda-meir-1850896677
totally disappointed on one of my fave RSC actors. Sarah Silverman is right: don't do #Jewface
"Helen Mirren defends playing Israeli prime minister Golda Meir
https://www.avclub.com/helen-mirren-defends-playing-golda-meir-1850896677
#LeonardBernstein's oldest child Jamie said Saturday that #BradleyCooper's depiction of conductor in biopic #Maestro was respectful of her father.
The #Netflix film, in competition at #VeniceFilmFestival, is at centre of ' #Jewface ' furore over prosthetic nose used in Cooper's makeup.
"(We) met Bradley..we understood his work & trusted him, opening our home & archive to him"
"...this film tastes of love & respect 4 him & for our mother.
@TheGuardian why are you upset in the first article but not the second?
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/helen-mirren-jewface-golda-meir-1235148911/
In all the world they couldn’t find a single Jewish actress who could play Golda? Seriously?!
It’s been a tough week for Bradley Cooper.On Tuesday the trailer dropped for “Maestro,” Cooper’s upcoming biopic about Leonard Bernstein. But instead of focusing on his Oscar-worthy performance or how the movie is black-and-white so we know it happened in olden times, everyone is upset that he’s wearing a prosthetic nose to play the famed Jewish […]
@carolw That's the question. The comedian Sarah Silverman has raised the same issue; she referred to the practice of hiring non-Jews to play #Jews as "#Jewface".
Myself, I think acting is acting, and you aren't the person you're portraying, so why do you have to be just like them? That goes for races, ethnicities, gender, etc. There are lines, but finding them isn't as simple as asking if the actor is of the same lineage as the character.
That said: there's the question in the case of Bernstein of whether the nose is there to make Cooper resemble the great composer/conductor, or if it was added merely to signal his Jewish ethnicity. The latter would be a pretty solid (and quite literal) example of "Jewface".
I know a lot of MoTs like it, but tried watching #TheGoldbergs and had to turn it off after a few episodes. The #Jewface is irritating and more so the actors can’t sell it IMO. The characters don’t seem Jewy to me.
At least Rachel Brosnahan is believable as Midge.