It is these events that embody more details about the friendship of oil and water that lasted 30 years. The film explores both sides including their love for the same man, between both free-spirit Bronx Jew CC Bloom and San Francisco WASP Hillary Essex.
Garry Marhsall's unbearabaly schmaltzy and stereotyical medlodrama contrasts a brassy Jewish singer with an elegant WASPy socialite that even actresses like Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey cannot elevate or rescue.