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in reply to a message by Sabrina Fair
Oh, yuk! It's like naming a kid Sambo. Fagin was an antisemitic creation of Dickens, and the Alec Guinness film/movie dating right back to 1949 showed a really grotesque villain that I find quite astonishing especially just after the Holocaust. Subsequent depictions haven't been much better!
If you must use this sort of name, there's the Yiddish girl's name Feige to play around with, though most girls named for a Feige will be Faye or Fiona!
If you must use this sort of name, there's the Yiddish girl's name Feige to play around with, though most girls named for a Feige will be Faye or Fiona!
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hmm Feige is interesting thanks
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I think there was some polemic at the time concerning anti-semitism. Apparently, David Lean and Guinness wanted to render the character as similar as possible to the original novel and illustrations.
Interestingly, Dickens somewhat regretted having created such an anti-semitic character, and in "Our Mutual Friend" there are some positive Jewish characters. Maybe that had also something to with Disraeli coming into power and making Judaism more acceptable.
Interestingly, Dickens somewhat regretted having created such an anti-semitic character, and in "Our Mutual Friend" there are some positive Jewish characters. Maybe that had also something to with Disraeli coming into power and making Judaism more acceptable.
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