Were the Brynes meant to be WASPs?
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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