Mother Gothel has a similar facial structure as Cruella De Vil. Pointy cheekbones and chin, etc.
She isn’t any shade specifically darker than any of the other characters. They deliberately chose pictures where Mother Gothel is either in the darkened tower, or it is night time.
Also, they only compared Mother Gothel to other Disney protags rather than other Disney villains or even Disney characters who are older. Disney typically uses very angular features to convey villains.
Cruella has an upwards turned nose like most disney protags. It’s just sharper to go along with her other angular features.
Hell you can even compare her to Maleficent
Who you can see has no hooked or curved nose. In fact, her nose is more flat, similar to Jasmine.
Also, many characters change from their concept art. Dr. Facilier went from this
The change from her hair being straight to curly has nothing to do with making her more “Jewish coded”. It’s the visual difference between her and Rapunzel, also, if anyone has forgotten… Rapunzel’s natural hair color is brown, not blonde.
If they wanted to make a character Jewish coded, then why just stop at curly hair and hooked nose? Many people, of various religions, races, and cultures have hooked noses and curly dark hair. Why not just go the full yard if you wanted to make a Jewish coded character that is anti-Semitic? Why not give her Jewish clothing and make her look ugly, gross, and dirty?
They deliberately manipulated information and pointed out something and said, “See, Jewish stereotype.” even though you can see from mother Gothel’s profile picture, her nose isn’t even hooked. They’re picking out things that could be Jewish features or stereotypes and then saying that they are.
“She’s greedy and evil” and so are pretty much all other Disney Villains. Ya know… gotta be evil to be a villain. Dr. Faciler, Gaston, The Evil Queen, Maleficent, Jafar, Scar… need I list more villains? Being evil and greedy =/= being jewish coded because evil and greedy are common traits of villains, even within
“She has dark curly hair” so does Esmeralda and Moana.
“Hooked nose.” her nose isn’t even hooked. It’s flat, similar to Maleficent’s. Anytime someone’s head is bent or leaning forward, naturally, their nose will appear more hooked. that’s just anatomy. That happens to everyone. Hell, you can even see in the images her nose isn’t hooked.
If you can’t tell the difference between a Jewish caricature and Mother Gothel, then I think that’s a you problem. Stereotypes are not exclusive to one group. In fact, implying that is even more racist and anti-semitic than the character.
Hell, in fact, prior to the 20th century, red curly hair was associated with Jewish people. So by that logic, Merida must be Jewish coded… but because she is good and looks like a Disney protag, she can’t be Jewish coded because she doesn’t have enough “Jewish stereotypes”.
The stereotype of Jewish people being greedy originates from when Jewish people were legally restricted to being usurers… Which is where the stereotype comes from. However, even in Jewish religion and mythology, greed, as in any other religion, is often portrayed as a negative or bad trait.
The irony is that they can only see Jewish stereotypes in villainous characters but can’t see any in the protagonists or heroes.
Esmeralda (from Frollo’s perspective) is associated with sin and temptation… which is another Jewish stereotype (Beautiful Jewess / Belle Juive) and she has dark, curly hair (another Jewish stereotype).
Merida has curly red hair, which was a Jewish stereotype before the 10th century. If we’re going this loosely based on stereotypes, you can even argue that Queen Eleanor is “Jewish-coded” because she is nagging, protective, and motherly. Ya know, the Jewish mother/wife stereotype.
So you have two arguably Jewish-coded heroines and protags yet no one can see the Jewish stereotypes in them because they are the good guys. Or because they don’t have certain Jewish stereotypes.
The thing is, stereotypes, are not all inherently bad, or rather, not all stereotypes are negative. Not all stereotypes originate from oppressors or people that are anti-semitic, racist, etc. Some stereotypes are often used as stock characters by people of a race or culture. Not every stereotype is exclusive to Jewish people either or even originates with anti-semitism.
If you can only see yourself in villains then maybe it’s you rather than the creators or characters. You literally picked the bare minimum and made a mountain out of an ant hill.
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