Re: Authenticity in character names
Honestly, I think a lot of it is because the author didn't do the research on the culture or because they're thinking in stereotypes. For example, Law and Order featured a Brazilian character named Javier in one episode. Javier is a Spanish name, not a Portuguese one - the proper Portuguese form would be Xavier.As a fan of Tim Burton, I know that a lot of elements in that movie were not in the original book, but that's a discussion for another day.

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Re: Authenticity in character names  ·  Septapus  ·  8/17/2023, 3:00 PM
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Re: Authenticity in character names  ·  Septapus  ·  8/17/2023, 6:10 PM
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Re: Authenticity in character names  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  8/8/2023, 9:24 AM
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