tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post8844581632562524558..comments2024-03-10T06:51:42.128+00:00Comments on The Art of Words: So, Was Agatha Christie Anti-Semitic?Lucy R. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-44492626513549896192022-05-14T09:09:27.956+01:002022-05-14T09:09:27.956+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-64285665624139335482018-10-09T01:43:19.245+01:002018-10-09T01:43:19.245+01:00Hi Lucy, I apologize for not making myself clear....Hi Lucy, I apologize for not making myself clear. I Will <b>NOT</b> have a christie novel in my home because of her heartless treatment of Poirot. <b>"WHY oh WHY did I EVER create this DETESTABLE bombastic creature?"</b> Please read that statement CAREFULLY. She insisted that she wished she'd never created him. Sorry, but that does NOT denote HUMOR but HATE. <br /><br /> Authors 4 Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-91814101204427970992018-10-09T00:00:48.083+01:002018-10-09T00:00:48.083+01:00Please do link to your site, it sounds interesting...Please do link to your site, it sounds interesting. There was no "Muriel" in the Blue Train as Christie wrote it, and Katherine Grey's father is barely mentioned. I couldn't watch that adaptation - it was a travesty. Didn't they find someone's deserted wife in a lunatic asylum? Please - stick to the books!<br /><br />Also, remember that Christie had a sense of humour, Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-45710832045011856072018-10-06T21:59:36.504+01:002018-10-06T21:59:36.504+01:00Did that woman (ac.) like ANYONE? Seriously! Did ...Did that woman (ac.) like ANYONE? Seriously! Did she? She referred to Poirot as DETESTABLE and wished she'd never created him. <br /><br /> <b>"Why oh WHY did I EVER create that DETESTABLE, bombastic creature?" </b> For Poirot's sake, I wish she hadn't. Poor dear! Christie treated him (emotionally/creatively) the way Lady Boynton treated the four kids she adopted. A Authors 4 Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176411481374542906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-85167638650257149692018-09-15T22:06:14.797+01:002018-09-15T22:06:14.797+01:00William Lee. I remember that book. Yes, the disl...William Lee. I remember that book. Yes, the dislike of people of color was one thing they had in common.<br /><br />Spoiler alert.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He is the murderer. As for her, Poirot tells her that she had a narrow escape Whether the shock will lead her to reexamine her beliefs, as to why she was deceived so easily.... well, that is an open questionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-8149912942505394742018-08-07T09:10:04.098+01:002018-08-07T09:10:04.098+01:00That conversation has been discreetly filleted in ...That conversation has been discreetly filleted in the latest version read by Hugh Fraser. Quite right too.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-29586970469215504862017-01-02T23:03:48.951+00:002017-01-02T23:03:48.951+00:00Instead, Ngaio Marsh had her virulent homophobia. ...Instead, Ngaio Marsh had her virulent homophobia. Is any writer -- any human -- is free of prejudice?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878404992250170271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-4989889898625248152016-12-19T05:17:26.975+00:002016-12-19T05:17:26.975+00:00Honestly, as long as people parrot his atheistic t...Honestly, as long as people parrot his atheistic twaddle, he is unfortunately more alive than he should be. I'd rather he were physically alive and nobody listened to his facile theological arguments.Offyn Bufod y Frewdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610070948583755220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-45663225445503761902016-10-12T21:57:42.746+01:002016-10-12T21:57:42.746+01:00"Was" - this is the late Christopher Hit..."Was" - this is the late Christopher Hitchens.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-16743347551355321202016-10-11T19:57:39.507+01:002016-10-11T19:57:39.507+01:00Thirdly, I wouldn't trust Hitchens as far as I...Thirdly, I wouldn't trust Hitchens as far as I could throw him where controversy is concerned. He's still, intellectually, a little boy who adores playing with matches and throwing them into crowds.Offyn Bufod y Frewdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610070948583755220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-31392575246463918412016-10-11T19:52:25.266+01:002016-10-11T19:52:25.266+01:00She has Miss Marple volunteer for Armenian Relief,...She has Miss Marple volunteer for Armenian Relief, and there's no way a Westerner could be involved in, or informed of, that cause, without being aware of the tireless efforts of Morgenthau and La Guardia at the League of Nations in favor of the Armenians. <br /><br />Offyn Bufod y Frewdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610070948583755220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-90082142769472708972016-10-11T19:48:41.981+01:002016-10-11T19:48:41.981+01:00She is absolutely not anti-Semitic, unless the inc...She is absolutely not anti-Semitic, unless the inclusion of a Jewish scientist as one of the three saviors of humanity in Passenger to Frankfurt was either ironic or supposed to be an Antichrist figure. Revealing the horrible things other gentiles said about us (precisely zero percent of these slurs are in the narration. They're only in dialogue) is actually a philo-Semitic act. Offyn Bufod y Frewdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610070948583755220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-86753494761199395352016-04-15T18:32:06.719+01:002016-04-15T18:32:06.719+01:00"I closed a Christie book for the last time w..."I closed a Christie book for the last time when her ingenu/ue couple were comparing things they didn't like and both chose people of color." I know what you're referring to - yes, shocking, and I'm surprised it's still there. But have a look at Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-70649345364369249622016-04-15T15:35:43.269+01:002016-04-15T15:35:43.269+01:00I am so tired of the facile excuse put forth by An...I am so tired of the facile excuse put forth by Anonymous. Sure, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Mohatma Ghandi, you, and I are all saturated by the culture we were born into, but it's how we deal with the context that counts. Twain strove mightily against the racism of his day. Christie, on the other, like Woodrow Wilson, another frequently excused racist, helped create and perpetuate that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827189829453370080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-55328794168255169092016-04-10T19:32:12.906+01:002016-04-10T19:32:12.906+01:00You need to read to the end of Huckleberry Finn to...You need to read to the end of Huckleberry Finn to get Twain's point.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-12035042578665106452016-04-10T18:12:43.707+01:002016-04-10T18:12:43.707+01:00Always read books in the context of the times. You...Always read books in the context of the times. You can't judge a person by the criteria of today's political correctness. Twain was in many ways ahead of his times in his treatment of blacks, just by giving them a voice, and today some think of him as racist. Sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-78054185330762569542014-10-02T16:18:12.654+01:002014-10-02T16:18:12.654+01:00As far as I know, racist comments and references w...As far as I know, racist comments and references were removed (first by her American publishers), with her knowledge.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-65088444887982283332014-10-02T15:40:58.722+01:002014-10-02T15:40:58.722+01:00AG also refers to a character as "having a bi...AG also refers to a character as "having a bit of the wop in him" & "a dago governess". I guess these terms were commonplace but publishers tried to remover them & she seemed not to notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-84605078616008888942014-06-22T23:47:23.483+01:002014-06-22T23:47:23.483+01:00Will do, once the 1930 edition I've ordered ha...Will do, once the 1930 edition I've ordered has arrived. Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-56104411117804025602014-06-22T02:54:04.630+01:002014-06-22T02:54:04.630+01:00Check out page 1 of The Mystery of the Blue Train…...Check out page 1 of The Mystery of the Blue Train…movieboysterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882434871222756405noreply@blogger.com