Were the Brynes meant to be WASPs?

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HarveyManfredSinJohn — 12 years ago(January 04, 2014 02:53 PM)

This film and its sequels make a lot out of the ethnic and cultural differences between Greg's Jewish liberal family and his girlfriend's conservative WASP family, so it seems a bit odd to cast Robert De Niro as the patriarch of the 'WASP' family and Jon Abrahams as his son. Even the blonde Teri Polo, who I understand is partly Italian-American, doesn't really give off the blue-blooded American-patriarch vibe.

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NikolajCostas1005 — 10 years ago(January 25, 2016 03:26 PM)

I'd imagine that's how the Byrnes were envisioned in writing, but maybe the producers began to factor in talent, chemistry and other things while casting the film. Either way I agree if you pay attention to these things in film it's a bit odd.
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Arvin-G-Borkar — 9 years ago(May 06, 2016 12:39 PM)

You mean the "red blooded" American patriarch? Conservatives are distinguished by red and liberals by blue.
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justin-wjn — 9 years ago(January 24, 2017 04:19 PM)

I think he's going by the "noble birth" definition of blue-blood, specifically meaning WASPs with old money.