Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in ‘Coastal Elites'
HBO debuts playwright Paul Rudnick’s “socially distanced satire” film “Coastal Elites” on Saturday — and the star of the show is Bette Midler, whose Jewish character symbolizes the divide between America’s liberal cities and its conservative center.
The film is built on five remotely filmed monologues from characters based in either New York or Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
