{"id":2003123,"date":"2023-08-16T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-star-bradley-cooper-under-attack-for-alleged-jewface-in-upcoming-movie\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T21:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:57:34","slug":"hollywood-star-bradley-cooper-under-attack-for-alleged-jewface-in-upcoming-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-star-bradley-cooper-under-attack-for-alleged-jewface-in-upcoming-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Cooper faces backlash over alleged &#8216;Jewface&#8217; in new film."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-star-bradley-cooper-under-attack-for-alleged-jewface-in-upcoming-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bradley Cooper Faces Backlash for Alleged\u2064 &#8216;Jewface&#8217; in Upcoming Movie<\/h2>\n<p>The 48-year-old star of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-daily-wire-poll-most-americans-oppose-oscars-diversity-requirements\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Daily Wire Poll: Most Americans Oppose Oscars\u2019 Diversity Requirements\">highly anticipated film<\/a> &#8220;Maestro,&#8221; Bradley Cooper, is finding himself in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-defends-his-decision-to-criticize-rep-cheney\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz defends his decision to criticize Rep. Cheney\">hot water<\/a> as he\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-star-bradley-cooper-under-attack-for-alleged-jewface-in-upcoming-movie\/\" title=\"Bradley Cooper faces backlash over alleged 'Jewface' in new film.\">receives widespread criticism<\/a> for \u2062his portrayal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-renowned-composer-showed-his-class-othello-featuring-laurence-olivier-students-led-a-revolt-and-now-hes-accused-of-racism\/\" title=\"A Renowned Composer Showed His Class \u2018Othello\u2019 Featuring Laurence Olivier. Students Led A Revolt And Now He\u2019s Accused Of Racism.\">renowned composer<\/a> and\u2063 conductor Leonard Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper, who co-wrote, produced, \u200dand directed the movie, has created a biographical romance that delves into Bernstein&#8217;s career and his 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200c netizens were \u200cquick to point out Cooper&#8217;s use of a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bradley-cooper-defended-by-leonard-bernsteins-family-amid-jewface-accusations\/\" title=\"Leonard Bernstein's family supports Bradley Cooper amidst 'Jewface' allegations.\">prosthetic nose<\/a>, which some believe \u2064was an attempt \u200dto make him look more Jewish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hollywood cast Bradley Cooper\u200d \u2013 a non Jew \u2013 to play Jewish legend Leonard Bernstein and stuck a disgusting exaggerated \u201cJew nose\u201d on him.<\/p>\n<p>All \u200bwhile saying\u2063 no to Jake Gyllenhaal, an actually Jewish man, who has dreamt\u2062 of playing Bernstein for \u2063decades.<\/p>\n<p>Sickening. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YzudOstRAE\">pic.twitter.com\/YzudOstRAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1691760070076293279?\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ben J. Freeman, a columnist at The Jerusalem \u2062Post, also accused Cooper of &#8220;erasing&#8221; Jews and compared it to\u2064 the \u200doffensive \u2064act \u200bof blackface or racializing other minorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bradley Cooper should not be playing\u200d Leonard Bernstein. He should\u200c not be wearing a prosthetic nose.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200bis Jew-face &#038; is as serous &#038; offensive as Black-face or the racialising of other minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Stop erasing Jews. Stop erasing \u2063Jew-hate. Jews do count.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben\u200b M.\u2064 Freeman (@BenMFreeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMFreeman\/status\/1691713576996671675?\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, not all Jewish commentators share the\u200b same\u200c sentiment.\u2064 Howard \u2063Feldman dismissed\u2062 the \u2063controversy as &#8220;absolute rubbish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This Bradley Cooper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jewface?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jewface<\/a> \u200chysteria is absolute\u2064 rubbish.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s manufactured outrage.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get\u2062 caught \u200cup in \u200cit.<br \/>\n(Does that make a \u200cbad Jew, or one that is happy \u200bwith\u2064 his Jewish nose?)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbOnOM0vYA\">https:\/\/t.co\/IbOnOM0vYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Howard Feldman (@HowardFeldman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardFeldman\/status\/1691678885379797323?\">August\u200c 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The controversy even \u200bled to the term &#8220;Jewface&#8221;\u200c trending on social media, with criticism directed at Elon Musk\u2062 for allowing it to\u2063 happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Incredibly disgusting that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?\">@elonmusk<\/a> allows \u201cJewface\u201d to trend\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hPdk946zTy\">pic.twitter.com\/hPdk946zTy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Leavitt \u200b (@David_Leavitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Leavitt\/status\/1691895059099140391?\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the backlash,\u2063 Bernstein&#8217;s family has come to Cooper&#8217;s defense, stating that they are perfectly fine with his portrayal \u2064and believe their\u200c father would have been as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maestro&#8221; is set to premiere\u2064 at the Venice Film Festival in September\u2063 and will be released \u2064in theaters\u200b on November 22. \u2062It will also\u2063 be available for streaming on\u2064 Netflix starting December 20.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-star-bradley-cooper-attack-alleged-jewface-upcoming-movie\/\">Hollywood Star Bradley Cooper Under Attack for Alleged &#8216;Jewface&#8217; in\u200c Upcoming Movie<\/a> appeared first on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradley Cooper, the 48-year-old star of &#8220;Maestro,&#8221; faces backlash for his portrayal of Leonard Bernstein. Cooper, who co-wrote, produced, and directed the film, is under fire for his depiction of the renowned composer and conductor. &#8220;Maestro&#8221; explores Bernstein&#8217;s career and his 25-year marriage, but has received widespread criticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2195,"featured_media":2003124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}