Disingenuous nostalgia fest or Jewish own voices? A Funny Girl (1968) & Funny Lady (1975) review

This week, Arwen reviews Funny Girl 1968 and Funny Lady 1975. The incomparable Barbra Streisand shines as Fanny Brice. Are they accurate historical pieces? Was the fashion accurate to the eras that they were depicting? Are these movies musicals? And what does fanfiction have to do with any of it?
0:00 FILM: Funny Girl (1968)
Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
1:50 Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein
5:30 The issues with Fanny Brice in the 1960s
7:35 The legacy of Fanny Brice
Mention: #AnneBancroft
Mention #CarolBurnett
9:05 Barbra Steisand's singing prowess
11:05 The era and the costuming
13:20 fashion 1910 and 1921 (and 1927)
16:30 Evening pajamas
17:30 Fanny's hair in 1911
18:50 Fanny's hair in 1920s
21:00 The central plot of Funny Girl
23:05 Arnstein's problem of being her husband
24:30 Is this a musical?
26:10 Hollywood talking about itself (nostalgia)
26:35 This film talks about being Jewish (own voices)
28:00 FILM: Funny Lady (1975)
29:00 Fanfic of Funny Girl
30:15 The new guy! James Khan as Billy Rose
32:20 The LGBTQ gay bubble: Roddy McDowell
33:20 The BIPOC troupe
34:20 Theater and production numbers
36:00 The songs
37:00 Barbra Streisand and these films
37:40 This is not a biopic
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Music: Magnetic Rag by Scott Joplin
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