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
Fanny Brice of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1921 recording of "My Man". Brice's Broadway credits include "Fioretta", "Sweet and Low", and "Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt". Her films include "My Man" (1928), "Be Yourself!" (1930) and "Everybody Sing" (1938) with Judy Garland. According to film historian Richard Barrios, "My Man" is a lost film. Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor were the only original Ziegfeld performers to portray themselves in "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946). Brice's first radio show was the Philco Hour in February 1930. Brice's first regular radio show was probably "The Chase and