Word: yentl
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...Wired, a karaoke competition on a boat from Finland to Estonia and back again. It was an international competition and it got very rowdy and dramatic and ridiculous and I loved that, but at one point there was a woman who came out dressed as Barbara Streisand in Yentl and I think she started singing "Feelings." I was just like, what is going on? Is this something I'm not understanding because of a cultural difference? Is it common in Russia to not only sing Barbara Streisand but to dress up as one of her less recognizable characters...
...over some footage. He's pensive for a moment, then continues, "What was that instrument that has a little pathos to it? A clarinet? That's a very emotional instrument, a very Jewish instrument. I'm not sure this is that kind of scene. It feels a little like Yentl...
...movie “Yentl,” Barbra Streisand plays a young woman who wants nothing more than to study the Jewish scriptures and the Talmud, but she is unable to do so because of her gender. In real life, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Streisand wants nothing more than to be a political activist, but she is unable to do so because she’s a singer...
...million on a $5 million budget and graced many a ten-best list. Now that, as Seidelman notes, "women directors are no longer looked at as novelty items," their more established sisters can get back into the act. Barbra Streisand, 43, the all-around auteur of 1983's Yentl, will soon direct an adaptation of the AIDS play The Normal Heart. And Elaine May, 53, an early-'70s trailblazer with her comedies A New Leaf and The Heartbreak Kid, is currently directing Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman in Ishtar--at $30 million, the most expensive film ever entrusted...
...five-year-olds, college students and retirees. Castle-Hughes’ role in Whale Rider is far more understated, yet the youngest ever Best Actress nominee also deserves recognition for displaying an inner strength and patience that hold together what might have been the Maori version of Yentl...