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Originally posted by hollywoodgothiq
There is no doubt that Dracula represents the fear of the "Other" -- that's what most horror films do. In this case, the "Other" is definitely foreign but hardly Jewish. He's a suave Continental, someone who's supposed to look too smooth to working class Americans, with this distrust of the nobility and the aristocracy -- something to which Jews do not belong (at least in the caricatured sense).
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hmm, but he only appears aristocratic (when he actually lives in a decaying mansion). . . i'm reminded a bit of Gentlemen's Agreement and the fear of the 'Other/Jew' passing in society
suffice to say, both films are steeped in antisemitic imagery (which is almost unavoidable in the early 30s and depictions of monsters ---need we mention Frankenstein?)