Are we all sick of Lea Michele as Fanny Brice

STOP THIS MAYHEM AND FOOLISHNESS SHE IS NOT THE SECOND COMING OF BARBRA....JUST BECAUSE SHE IS JEWISH AND HAS A FUNNY NOSE

Updated On: 7/14/10 at 05:11 PM

sorry BITCH

She's only half-Jewish and it's on her dad's side so she's technically not Jewish at all.

I wish Lea would just shut the f*ck up about it.

So if you are so "sick" of it...why would YOU bring up the subject? I haven't noticed another thread about her here in a few days.

Do I see her as Fanny Brice? Not really. Would it be the end of theater as we know it if she were cast? Not at all. All the Gleeks would flock to the theater and perhaps would create a whole generation of theater-loving people.

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Totally agree. I think it's a joke for anyone to say Lea Michele is the next Barbra. I can't think of anyone on Broadway that can carry the show, even Leslie Krizter (as much as i love her). There best bet is to hopefully find an unknown.

Why go for an unknown? Unless they cast a "star" name the average tourist is not going to know the difference between an unknown and somebody with some experience, like Leslie Kritzer, for example. To those tourists somebody like Leslie is an "uknown" name.

How in the love of God is this anti semetic??
There is nothing anti anything except that Lea is not a "star" and I just want another take on the role..is the word Jewish now offensive ???...WTF is wrong with you!!

Lea Michelle is a total no-talent, Jewess or not.

I have no idea if Lea can play Fanny Brice. I just know she can do a halfway decent imitation of Streisand.

I have no interest in seeing a Streisand impersonator.

Bryan2, I do believe you comment about her "funny nose" is what makes you come off as rather antisemitic in your original post. For centuries the size and shape of a Jewish person's nose has been the subject of antisemitic jokes and propaganda. Charles Dickens even gave Fagin a long hooked nose with that intent. So when you say "Just because she is Jewish, and has a funny nose" all in one sentence, surely you can see how that may be interpreted as being rather antisemitic, whether it was your intent or not. I my self didn't read it that way, but i can certainly see how others can.

Even if you are not antisemitic, I can see how you might also come off as a bit foolish. If you are truly sick of hearing about the possibility of Lea Michele as Fanny Brice, why did you bother starting yet another topic on the subject for everyone to discuss to death? I would think that someone who is sick of the idea would just let it go and hope that it will fade into memory, as things quickly do here.

Didn't say there was, in fact I clearly said that I did not read it that way, but can certainly see how some could.

To answer the original question: no. Mainly because I don't think it's anything to get bitchy about.

Lea Michele is indeed talented. I'm pretty sure it's how she ended up on Broadway (Drama Desk nominee) and starring in a wildly popular TV series (Golden Globe nomination). I mean, it's not like she Anna Nicole Smith'd her way into the roles unless she has some multi-millionaire octogenarian husband locked in a closet somewhere clutching a face mask and a canister of oxygen. She is a bit overexposed due to the success of Glee, which isn't really a horrible thing (for her, anyway). But she has yet to play Fanny and it's discussed more from fans than anyone else (except maybe twice on Glee) or around here in threads that are on the specific subject which you would have to click on to read.

And yet, I really haven't heard anyone compare her to Barbra except those who complained that Lea's performance on the Tonys was too close to Barbra's rendition of the song. I really don't think she's anything like Barbra in looks, personality or voice. I'd personally prefer to see Idina Menzel as Fanny Brice, but that's just me.

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