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January 7, 2025

“The Way We Were” Flattens Jewish Identity

The moral flaws of a classic Barbra Streisand film.

Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, the 1973 film The Way We Were tells the story of a romance between a brash Jewish leftist and self-assured WASP. Michael Weingrad finds that it reduces both characters to two-dimensional, sometimes insulting stereotypes, while evincing ugly politics:

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January 7, 2025

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