The Bradley Cooper “Jewface” Backlash Is Worse Than Just Misguided

There’s nothing wrong with the actor’s decision to wear a prosthetic to play Leonard Bernstein, nor is that really what’s at stake.

And thus we arrive at Bradley Cooper, internet villain du jour, and the implicit contention that

This is why you shouldn’t let a gentile play a Jew, because they just slap on a big nose because that’s what they think Jews are . Never mind that, from the teaser, it’s apparent that the nose is just one of several cosmetic alterations that Cooper has deployed in the service of making himself look more like Bernstein .

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