Jewish Telegraphic Agency: “Funny Girl” is so deeply ingrained in Beanie Feldstein’s life that she doesn’t even remember the first time she watched the movie. “From my developmental psychology classes in college, I think I remember that your first memories are around 3 years old,” she told the New York Jewish Week. “Funny Girl” “precedes my memory. I’ve always loved it as far as I’m concerned.”
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This is a really interesting article and a really beautiful interview. I love so much that Beanie Feldstein is getting to revive one of her favorite childhood roles. It is such an amazing full circle moment in her life that she had "Funny Girl" themed third birthday and now is playing Fanny Brice in her first staring role on broadway. I am one hundred percent sure that she will absolutely crush the performance and the show will be a smash hit. After all, as the article says, the songs from the show have become part of our everyday playbook. I also loved hearing Beanie's thoughts in the interview about her perspective on playing such a prolific jewish historical figure as a jewish woman. She is absolutely right about needing more than four sentences to explain her full thoughts on the subject but I loved hearing her abbreviated thoughts in the interview.
“Funny Girl” is so deeply ingrained in Beanie Feldstein’s life that she doesn’t even remember the first time she watched the movie. “From my developmental psychology classes in college, I think I remember that your first memories are around 3 years old,” she told the New York Jewish Week. “Funny Girl” “precedes my memory. I’ve always loved it as far as I’m concerned.” Even if she doesn’t recall all the details now, the 1968 movie — starring Barbra Streisand, who plays real-life Jewish vaudeville star and comedian Fanny Brice — made enough of an impression that Feldstein had a “Funny Girl”-themed birthday party when she turned 3, leopard-print costume and all. What did such a young girl find appealing about a show about a strong-willed performer — with a story that also focuses on Brice’s rocky relationship with her suave, gambler husband, Nick Arnstein? “The biggest thing that impacted me was her ambition,” Feldstein said. “The character of Fanny Brice was so unrelenting in her pursuit of her own career and her love of her performing and I think, even at a young age, I really latched onto that.”
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