Message: "Re: And Jezebel?"

[Opinions] Re: And Jezebel?

by Murasaki (lady murasaki)

9/24/2007, 11:06 AM

I guess Jezebel has gone into the language as a synonim of "whore" as in the expression "painted Jezebel". It's not actually connected to a film or anything. Isla's question was about names from horror films, rather than names with allegedly "evil" connotations in a more general context.

I agree that Jezebel is very pretty, but unusable. A "Jezebel" is also the racist stereotype of the depraved black woman who entices white men, as opposed to the motherly asexual "Mammie" or "Aunt Jemima". So that's what really puts me off Jezebel, personally.

This message was edited 9/24/2007, 11:13 AM

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