“Funny Girl”
1968
As a record of Barbra Streisand’s astonishing performance, this film is a treasure, capturing the rising star’s chutzpah, humor and utter gorgeousness. Playing comic Fanny Brice, Babs turned it out, from the yearning “I’m the Greatest Star” to the hilarious “Sadie, Sadie” to the stunning, bold dramatics of “My Man.” A star was not only born, she exploded, shot up the sky,and never came down again. Fanny who?
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