This is not the first time prosthetic noses have popped up on screen and caused controversies towards the Jewish community.
abc.net.au/news/bradley-cooper-prosthetic-nose-in-leonard-bernstein-maestro/102741276Bradley Cooper has faced an onslaught of criticism for wearing a prosthetic nose to play the late conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, in his latest film Maestro.
While there's nothing wrong with actors using prosthetics in order to look more like the person they are portraying, the act of enlarging one's nose to resemble a Jewish person has deep historical ties to antisemitism.It reinforces a negative connotation towards the community that dates all the wayChair of the Anti-Defamation Commission, Australia's leading civil rights organisation fighting antisemitism, Dr Dvir Abramovich expands on this.
"[But] the idea of wearing a prosthetic nose to say this is what Jews look like, has always been problematic. Media and pop culture expert Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne breaks down the layers to the offence.Bernstein was of Jewish background, born to Ukrainian parents who migrated to the United States.
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