Current Events > Bradley Cooper criticized for portraying Leonard Bernstein in new biopic

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Scorsese2002
08/16/23 11:40:22 AM
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https://Twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1691763007234121861?s=46&t=kblUHjD14Xk4ieJPFAQ81A

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Plumeofdusk
08/16/23 11:42:32 AM
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I'm just amazed that someone in production must have thought "this guy's big nose is such a significant part of his being that we need to put a prosthetic nose on Bradley Cooper" and everyone else in the room was like "you're right, let's run with that"
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Questionmarktarius
08/16/23 11:48:22 AM
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Nobody cared about Will Smith's terrible fake jaw in Ali.
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Gritty
08/16/23 11:55:08 AM
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so this would be Jewish face?
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Prestoff
08/16/23 11:56:51 AM
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Didn't he also get flack for being in the movie "American Sniper"? He just can't win lol.

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Prestoff
08/16/23 11:59:57 AM
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Was it really that bad? I had no interest in watching it to begin with so I'm glad I'm not missing out lol.

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FunWithAFryPan
08/16/23 12:03:20 PM
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Wasnt it directed by Clint Eastwood?

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Gritty
08/16/23 12:03:22 PM
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Prestoff posted...
Was it really that bad? I had no interest in watching it to begin with so I'm glad I'm not missing out lol.
Yea it was bad

dient help the guy he was portraying was a real life POS and liar
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AceMos
08/16/23 12:03:34 PM
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so let me see if i under stand this they have a none jewish guy playing a jewish man and then give him a large fake nose

who the fuck thought this would go over well

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COVxy
08/16/23 12:05:11 PM
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Bradley Cooper's unalterned nose looks a lot closer to the target than with the prosthetic. Seems like anti-semitism.

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Euripides
08/16/23 12:05:36 PM
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First of all, Cooper didn't decide on his own to wear a prosthetic. That's a costume/makeup designer's choice.

Second, this happens all the time with biopics. See also: Gary Oldman as Churchill, DDL as Lincoln, etc, etc,

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El_Marsh
08/16/23 12:06:03 PM
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Nicole Kidman got a fucking Oscar for wearing a fake nose in The Hours.


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AceMos
08/16/23 12:06:05 PM
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Euripides posted...
First of all, Cooper didn't decide on his own to wear a prosthetic. That's a costume/makeup designer's choice.
and he could have said fuck no and refused to wear it

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angeleyes94
08/16/23 12:07:17 PM
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Damn I 100% remember him being Jewish? Feel like I'm be Mandela effected?

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COVxy
08/16/23 12:08:59 PM
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Yeah, the issue is not a prosthetic nose. But a prosthetic nose whose only point is to strongly signal "this dude is jewish" by virtue of stereotype.

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Smashingpmkns
08/16/23 12:12:10 PM
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Euripides posted...
First of all, Cooper didn't decide on his own to wear a prosthetic. That's a costume/makeup designer's choice.
I mean, he's the director. He could have easily vetoed the nose if he only had a brain.

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ai123
08/16/23 12:14:16 PM
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AceMos posted...
and he could have said fuck no and refused to wear it
Sure, if he doesn't like working and wants to get a rep for being 'difficult'.

The prosthetic nose is completely unnecessary and tone deaf. But it's the responsibility of the costume designers/director. They need to have a word with themselves.

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Smashingpmkns
08/16/23 12:17:22 PM
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ai123 posted...
Sure, if he doesn't like working and wants to get a rep for being 'difficult'.
He's the fucking director lmao

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FortuneCookie
08/16/23 12:18:19 PM
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I'm still mad at him for portraying Rocket in Guardians in the Galaxy when he's clearly not a raccoon.

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AceMos
08/16/23 12:18:38 PM
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ai123 posted...
Sure, if he doesn't like working and wants to get a rep for being 'difficult'.

The prosthetic nose is completely unnecessary and tone deaf. But it's the responsibility of the costume designers/director. They need to have a word with themselves.
actors walk out of projects all the time for things they are against

hell we are in the middle of actors strike

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Prestoff
08/16/23 12:19:14 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
I mean, he's the director. He could have easily vetoed the nose if he only had a brain.

OMG, I'm kind of speechless to be honest lol.

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ai123
08/16/23 12:19:25 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
He's the fucking director lmao
Well, in that case, thanks for the correction. It is all on him.

Though it does make it unlikely that he will refuse his own demands.

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angeleyes94
08/16/23 12:20:01 PM
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ai123 posted...

Sure, if he doesn't like working and wants to get a rep for being 'difficult'.

The prosthetic nose is completely unnecessary and tone deaf. But it's the responsibility of the costume designers/director. They need to have a word with themselves.


What's wrong with having a large proud Jewish nose? Dat pic in da first page, side profile is a huge beak, gonna need a side by side comparison to be sure doe.

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ai123
08/16/23 12:21:58 PM
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angeleyes94 posted...
What's wrong with having a large proud Jewish nose?

I don't know who you think said there was anything wrong with it.

This isn't a large proud Jewish nose, it's a prosthetic.


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Questionmarktarius
08/16/23 12:24:35 PM
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angeleyes94 posted...
gonna need a side by side comparison to be sure doe.

wait a minute...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/0/AAEhCpAAEwdo.jpg

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Prestoff
08/16/23 12:27:00 PM
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Jesus, I had a brain fart because I didn't put two and two together that this was the movie I was looking forward with. This is actually a pretty damn hyped movie in the movie community because originally Martin Scorsese was going to direct it, then it went to Steven Spielberg, but then Spielberg gave the director role to Bradley Cooper after watching his movie "A Star is Born".

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angeleyes94
08/16/23 12:31:49 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...


wait a minute...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/0/AAEhCpAAEwdo.jpg



Dats a nice proud Jewish nose doe, great profile.

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HylianFox
08/16/23 12:46:16 PM
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Cooper also played a serial killer & domestic abuser in 'American Sniper' so a fake nose seems like a real nothingburger to get upset about

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FactsKeepHurtin
08/16/23 12:49:36 PM
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His fake nose in the OP looks pretty much the same size and shape from this angle so...why is this a controversy?
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angeleyes94
08/16/23 12:50:11 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Cooper also played a serial killer & domestic abuser in 'American Sniper' so a fake nose seems like a real nothingburger to get upset about


Da baby scene was a human rites crime doe?

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Patchwork
08/16/23 1:08:39 PM
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Family specifically said they think Cooper did a great job, included them in his process, and they thought the prosthetic was fine.

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Questionmarktarius
08/16/23 1:10:00 PM
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Patchwork posted...
Family specifically said they think Cooper did a great job, included them in his process, and they thought the prosthetic was fine.
That doesn't matter. Twitter is angry!
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bigblu89
08/16/23 1:21:51 PM
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So, if he was wearing a big prosthetic nose because he was playing, say, Boris Yeltsin, it would be OK, but because the subject is a Jewish man, it's offensive in some sort of "LOL Jews have big noses" way?


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Kradek
08/16/23 1:23:47 PM
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That first picture is even very Sir Ian McKellen as Magneto-esque

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Villain_S_Fiend
08/16/23 1:25:49 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Nobody cared about Will Smith's terrible fake jaw in Ali.
Has a square jaw been a historically significant stereotype used to demean an entire demographic of people?

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angeleyes94
08/16/23 1:59:40 PM
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Even with Bradley's prostetic, Adrien Brody still has the biggest nose in Hollywood by a country mile though? I mean AFAIK?

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lilORANG
08/16/23 2:04:40 PM
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If the goal is to make him look like the guy and the guy has a bigger honker than Brad then who is actually surprised/outraged that they gave him a bigger honker?

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Questionmarktarius
08/16/23 2:06:06 PM
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Villain_S_Fiend posted...
Has a square jaw been a historically significant stereotype used to demean an entire demographic of people?
Seems the Bernstein family approves, and you should too. All this is, is "offended by proxy".
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Kradek
08/16/23 2:59:48 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Seems the Bernstein family approves, and you should too. All this is, is "offended by proxy".

Ok?

Herman Cain's kids took over his account after he died from COVID and continued shitposting with anti-vaxx bullshit.

Sometimes things your kids or family think is ok when representing you doesn't make it wholesome or something everybody else has to accept cause they're cool with it.

It actually doesn't particularly bother me if it's just going for accuracy and they don't give him a super exaggerated nose compared to his real one, just sayin what the family thinks/supports isn't always some sterling talking point for what is right and just on a subject.

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bsp77
08/16/23 3:01:48 PM
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Another fake Twitter controversy. Next

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ironman2009
08/16/23 3:02:40 PM
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Yazarogi
08/16/23 3:11:09 PM
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I liked him in D&D that was a great scene.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
08/16/23 3:16:21 PM
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On the one hand, obviously not thought out and offensive.

On the other, you cant put a hunk of a man in front of me and tell me its Leonard Bernstein without some serious modifications.

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