It is entirely possible that "Baby, It's You!" deserved better reviews. It wouldn't be the first musical to not get the reviews it deserves.
But the claim that "... Caucasian men can be celebrated on Broadway, but African-American and Jewish women are shunted to the side" seems counter-factual. There are any number of Broadway shows celebrating men that have flopped. I can remember at least a couple of shows about female blues singers that were hits--the August Wilson play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" being one notable example. There certainly aren't enough such shows, but the notion that good theatre in this case was trumped by reviewers' antipathy to Jewish and/or black women seems more wishful and lazy than likely.
It is entirely possible that "Baby, It's You!" deserved better reviews. It wouldn't be the first musical to not get the reviews it deserves.
But the claim that "... Caucasian men can be celebrated on Broadway, but African-American and Jewish women are shunted to the side" seems counter-factual. There are any number of Broadway shows celebrating men that have flopped. I can remember at least a couple of shows about female blues singers that were hits--the August Wilson play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" being one notable example. There certainly aren't enough such shows, but the notion that good theatre in this case was trumped by reviewers' antipathy to Jewish and/or black women seems more wishful and lazy than likely.