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<ul><li>This love song was the theme to Streisand's directorial debut,&nbsp;<em>Yentl</em>, which was condemned as a vanity project. Set in 1904 Poland, the unconventional musical follows the story of a Jewish woman (Streisand) who disguises herself as a man so she can study religious law and theology at an all-male institution. Things get even more complicated when she starts to fall for her study partner, Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), and can't make her feelings known without revealing her secret, which is the basis for "The Way He Makes Me Feel."</li><li><br></li><li>The ballad was written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) and Michel Legrand (music), the trio behind the Oscar-winning&nbsp;<em>Thomas Crown Affair</em>&nbsp;theme song, "<a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/noel-harrison/the-windmills-of-your-mind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Windmills Of Your Mind</a>." The Bergmans also wrote "<a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/barbra-streisand/the-way-we-were" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Way We Were</a>" for the Streisand film of the same name.</li><li>Unlike the other characters in the film, Yentl can't express herself openly, so she is the only character who has a musical inner voice. "Originally I had no intention of using music," Streisand is quoted by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barbra-archives.info/yentl-streisand-movie-1983" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Barbra Archives</a>, "but I'm happy it turned out that way. Once Yentl leaves her village, she lives a secret life that cannot be shared with anyone and we all believed that the best way to capture that inner voice was in a musical narrative."</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/barbra-streisand/the-way-he-makes-me-feel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.songfacts.com/facts/barbra-streisand/the-way-he-makes-me-feel</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Been wanting to sing this song for a long time, but never had the courage to do it. Babs may not approve, but I hope you do. lol Thanks for listening...:)</p>