This is the Forward’s coverage of “Jewface,” the controversial practice of non-Jews playing Jewish characters in dramatic works.
Jewface
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Film & TV What if Oscar voters pick Bradley Cooper’s nose?
Now that the nominees are out, it’s time to once more consider the controversial prosthetic
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Fast Forward The Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ has been plagued by ‘Jewface’ controversy. Many Jewish fans don’t care.
At the film’s New York premiere, fans cared more about star and director Bradley Cooper’s plot lines than his prosthetic nose
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Opinion Can we please stop talking about Bradley Cooper’s nose?
Twitter is up in arms over the actor wearing a prosthetic nose to play Leonard Bernstein in Maestro
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Film & TV ‘The Patient’ is one of the most Jewish shows on television — should it have been more so?
In the FX limited series, Steve Carell says kaddish as a Jewish therapist held hostage
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Culture What happens if a Black woman plays Anne Frank?
In a new short film, a white Jew and a Black gentile go head-to-head for the role of the Jewish teenager, opening questions of race and casting.
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