Hershel Fink anti-Semitism row
What’s the problem? He is a billionaire controlling CEO of some big corporation. Lots of Jews in that position. We all know the Jews like to control things.
I cant see the problem.
Anyway if they change the character’s name I suppose Shylock will have to be changed. Shylow maybe.
Say they changed the name to George.McDonald of somdthing couldn’t that be constued as being anti WASP?. But its ok to be anti WASP.
What about changing it to Iqbal Patel. Certainly now there are very rich Indian tycoons. But would that be allowed?
Just thought-what I am doing is sticking up for stereotypes. They are stereotypes for a reason. They are typical of a class or race.
A lot of humour indeed serious creativity rely on stereotypes. It’s shorthand. But sometimes you need shorthand.
What comes to mind? Say ‘The Man Who Would Be King’. Two adventurous colonial soldiers in India. Freemasons. Proud to be British. ‘Billy Fish’ a great character. Full of admiration for them. Admiring of the the ‘British way’.
Stop there! Billy Fish would be a stereotype of the subservient Indian. There’s a similar character in A Passage To India.
If those two films were being made now….well I don’t know how they could be made. There would have to have a disclaimer; something like (TMWWBK) ‘this motion picture contains stereotypes of subservient Indians. Please be aware.’
But more deeply. We need universally recognised ‘characters’. Or ‘types’. Or its just like creating the wheel every time you do a play.
All this putting black people in ads. People don’t believe it because it is not typical. You could almost say it is not stereotypical.
We are losing all humour because we cannot talk about types anymore. Because somebody will be offended.
“Hershel Fink anti-Semitism row: Royal Court theatre backers withdraw – BBC News” BBC News Link
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