Stereotypes - Goblins are to PS Movie as Jar Jar is to Episode 1?

[irene_mikhlin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "cornflower_o_shea" <tenpinkpiggies at h...> 
wrote:
> This wasn't something I picked up on in the movie at all, but on my 
> second viewing I dragged my non-obsessed spousal unit along. He 
> thought the Gringott's Goblins seemed to be based on old cultural 
> sterotypes of Jews, a la Merchant of Venice - hooked nosed, yellow-
> skinned, cold, calculating, unfeeling money-counters. Did anyone 
> else feel this? I looked for previous discussions, but nothing came 
> up in my search. Comments?

Well, my comment would be it's a double-edged sword to accuse 
Columbus of using stereotype of Jews for the Goblins. Because the 
answer to that is "they look and behave like Jews only if *you* think 
the Jews look and behave like that".

Irene