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 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) successful singer, winner of the 1963 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance and with her 3 first solo albums charting in the Billboard Top 200. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964. and went to win its composers the Grammy for Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album, beating "Hello, Dolly!". All music written by Jule Styne; lyrics by – Bob Merrill Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical "Funny Girl", loosely based