http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/p ... orter.htmlShe was accused of being anti-Semitic because her one Jewish character was portrayed as the least appealing, hating gentiles while hypocritically making his living by selling Christian religious articles (Mooney 61). Givner defends this by speculating that the Jewish character is purposely unpleasant to keep the book from descending into melodrama (470). Givner also quotes blatant anti-Semitic remarks both verbal and written made by Porter that Givner believes are part of a general racism on Porter's part (414, 450-451). When full-length critical studies of her work were published, Porter became irrationally enraged when they printed truths about her early background, for example, her original name, Callie (Givner 465). Personally offended by the proportionately small number of bad reviews, Porter drank excessively, while leading the lavish social life in Washington D.C. that she had always wanted (Givner 456, 460, 465). United Artists bought the film rights to Ship of Fools for $400,000 (Givner 466).
I watched a show on PBS about The American Jew, reminded me of her German Jew character who was so proud of his Iron Cross from World War One.
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