Horhay = Jorge?
The only thing that I didn't get in this movie is why was Kevin Bacon's character called Horhay throughout the entire movie, but at the end called Jorge?
shareI hope you were just spelling that out for the board? Jorge is George in Spanish and he was a fraud, trying to appear European but he was a dumb hick American.
shareYes, I know he was a fraud and that Jorge is George in Spanish, but that's what I'm talking about, he was supposed to be Austrian, not Spanish, so was it a flaw in the script or the character's own mistake.
Austrian and Spanish are not similar, so I just didn't get the whole name thing. He could be Austrian and called Jorge (pronounced George) but why would he have people pronouncing it Horhay?
Just to set the record straight.
In Austrian, George is usually pronounced "Ghee-org"
But yes, they made a mistake as well.
Nate
People do move around in Europe, you know. Names don't always indicate someone's origin. Anyway, he was hick and didn't know the difference.
shareIt's about black screenwriters not knowing anything about European-Americans AKA white people and trying to portray them in their stories anyway.
Unlike black people, white people know they are not all the same; they are from different ethnic backgrounds, Scots-Irish, Italian, Austrian, etc.
No matter how dumb Kevin Beacon's character was or was not, he knew the difference between faking Spanish and faking German/Austrian. White people know this, trust me.
Just goes to show the old adage "write what you know" has a lot of truth where screenwriting is concerned. Or at the very least, the screenwriter should have done her homework, get to know some EAs, etc.
I think it was part of the joke about him. Like he was saying it like that to appear more exotic or something. It was part of his affectation.
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