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
Edward S. Feldman Fanny Brice, Feldman handled advertising and publicity for the Broadway production of "Funny Girl" throughout its run. Feldman's first credit as a film producer was the 1971 melodrama "What's the Matter with Helen?" starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters. Additional credits include "Save the Tiger", "The Other Side of the Mountain", "Two-Minute Warning", "The Last Married Couple in America", "Hot Dog...The Movie", "Witness", "The Golden Child", "Wired", "Green Card", "The Doctor", "Forever Young", the live-action "The Jungle Book", the live-action "101 Dalmatians" and its sequel, "102 Dalmatians", "The Truman Show", and "". For television, Feldman produced several films and miniseries,