Talk:Sylvester Shyster

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[edit] Jewish "sterotype" [sic]?

"Sylvester Shyster may be seen as based upon Jewish sterotypes." (Statement which I just deleted from the last version of this article's second paragraph)

First of all, the spelling is "stereotypes." But who has made the decision that the character "may be seen" this way to begin with? I speak from the perspective of a Jewish Disney comics writer who quite enjoys using the character. I've certainly never seen him as an anti-Semitic figure myself. Some people confuse the word "shyster" (a crooked lawyer, which this character is) with "Shylock" (an actual ethnic slur in some contexts), but I can't help that. Sylvester Shyster is a splendidly funny villain, and I'd rather Wikipedia not feature unfounded rumors about him that -- should they become common "knowledge" -- might make it harder for writers to work with the character in the future.

71.166.113.216 05:32, 18 December 2006 (UTC)