Streisand was FORTY ONE when she made that movie. You don't think she could have maybe found a nice young Jewish girl in no more than her 20s to be the star? Oy!
Seriously, although you can't fault the storytelling, and Babs is a fair actress and a great singer, there was a little too much ego in the idea that a grown woman could pass herself off as a teenage girl. I know the TV show Smallville, for example, is guilty of the same thing -- Tom Welling is actually older than Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) -- but it detracts from credibility. An adult woman CANNOT look like a teenager, no matter HOW much makeup she wears. A teenage girl CAN pass off as a boy, with the right facial structure -- it's been done in real life. But Bab's ego got in the way of the story here.
Seriously, although you can't fault the storytelling, and Babs is a fair actress and a great singer, there was a little too much ego in the idea that a grown woman could pass herself off as a teenage girl. I know the TV show Smallville, for example, is guilty of the same thing -- Tom Welling is actually older than Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) -- but it detracts from credibility. An adult woman CANNOT look like a teenager, no matter HOW much makeup she wears. A teenage girl CAN pass off as a boy, with the right facial structure -- it's been done in real life. But Bab's ego got in the way of the story here.