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December 27, 2023

Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose Isn’t the Problem with a Movie about America’s Most Famous Jewish Composer

Leonard Bernstein, the end of hip-Jew culture, and political stupidity.

A few months ago, when trailers and stills from Maestro—a film about the conductor, composer, and pianist Leonard Bernstein—first appeared, there was a minor controversy about the costume of the actor playing him: Bradley Cooper (a Gentile) had been equipped with a prominent and elongated prosthetic nose so as better to resemble Bernstein. Was this simply an attempt at verisimilitude, or a crass exploitation of the stereotype of the hooked-nose Jew?

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