A trailer for Maestro, an upcoming biopic about the late Jewish-American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, was released on Tuesday — but director and star Bradley Cooper was criticized for wearing a prosthetic nose to portray Bernstein, with some calling it antisemitic.
Historically, antisemitic caricatures have depicted Jewish people as having exaggerated physical traits such as hooked noses and beady eyes, an ethnic stereotype that has been used to justify the marginalization of Jews.
“I had actually seen some stills of Bradley Cooper in this role a few months ago. So I remember when that was first released, I saw the prosthetic nose and
