A headline from page B1 of The Post and Courier had more than a few Charlestonians shooting orange juice out their noses at breakfast this morning:
OK, let’s review:
genteel (adj.): having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish; maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of superior or middle-class social status or respectability
gentile (adj.): of or relating to the nations at large as distinguished from the Jews
In case you missed it, the story is about Bravo’s upcoming reality-TV stereotype train wreck, Southern Charm, which is being filmed in Charleston and features such luminaries as South of Broad socialite Whitney Sudler-Smith and former state treasurer Thomas Ravenel, who pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in 2007 and has since taken to campaigning against the War on Drugs. The network is pitching the show as “a real-life look at how modern-day Southern aristocracy lives.”
But apparently there won’t be any Jews. Stay cool. Support City Paper. City Paper has been bringing the best news, food, arts, music and event coverage to the Holy City since 1997. Support our continued efforts to highlight the best of Charleston with a one-time donation or become a member of the City Paper Club.