Funny Girl (film) "funny girl" with her body, voice, gesture, and character, tying together her Jewishness and oddness. The film values women over men and portrays the men as dependent to their women; it reverses the gender roles. "Funny Girl" helped change the way women were viewed and used comedy to deflect Jewish mockery. Streisand was widely praised by critics, with "The New Yorker"s Pauline Kael calling it "A bravura performance ... As Fanny Brice, she has the wittiest comic inflections since the comediennes of the 30s; she makes written dialogue sound like inspired improvisation. ... Streisand's triumphant talent rides right over the
Funny Girl (Laura Rizzotto song) Funny Girl (Laura Rizzotto song) "Funny Girl" is a song written and performed by Latvian-Brazilian singer Laura Rizzotto. The song was released as a digital download on 6 December 2017. It represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. In December 2017, Rizzotto was announced as one of the competitors in "Supernova 2018", the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with the song "Funny Girl". The song advanced to the televised rounds after being selected from both an online vote and live audition. Rizzotto competed in the third semi-final on 17 February 2018, and