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How funny is it that his name is 'Slaughter' ?

posted 16 years ago by gleddy-1
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It's just one of those strange coincidences. And also his name is Tod.

[–] misfitsdan 16 years ago

It makes it easy to remember his name.

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[–] allenrogerj 16 years ago

What's coincidental about it? If you're going to put on rip-roaring blood-and-thunder melodrama you aren't going to call yourself something like Dorian Wingrove, are you?

[–] gleddy-1 16 years ago

I would actually. Dorian is a cool name.

[–] allenrogerj 16 years ago

Not in Tod Slaughter's time it wasn't.

[–] zboycoolcat 16 years ago

It's a stage name.

[–] Sylphadora 16 years ago

I was going to open a thread posting the same!! XD Yeah, it's very funny that his name is Tod and his surname is Slaughter. If it really is a stage name, maybe he adopted it thinking of Sweeney Todd.

[–] trinitymplayers 16 years ago

That's it exactly (about his thinking of Sweeney Todd when he came up with his stage name). His real name was Norman Carter Slaughter.

[–] Woodyanders 16 years ago

Tod Slaughter was simply delightful as Sweeney Todd; his name is so perfect for this particular part.

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[–] funkyfry 14 years ago

"Tod" is also a name in German for death. It's suspected that Tod Browning (director of "Dracula" and "Freaks") changed his name for this reason. Perhaps Tod Slaughter as well. Surprised they never worked together.

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