Indecent tells the story behind the Yiddish play The God of Vengeance by Polish-Jewish novelist Sholem Asch. Asch wrote the play early in his career. He sought to depict universal stories, so as to bridge the gap between Yiddish and non-Yiddish theatre, and thus also show Jewish characters as relatable and universal to non-Jewish audiences. The content of the play was radical and polarizing for the time: it featured two lesbian characters, prostitutes working in a brothel, and the hurling of a Torah onstage. Because of this, The God of Vengeance became a deeply polarizing work. It was
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