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Mr. Mertle

posted 11 years ago by marykat71702
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I just saw this for the first time, and there is one thing that really bothers me--in the "flashback" story of the beast, Mr. Mertle is white, but at the end he is played by James Earl Jones...

[–] Doc80 11 years ago

Yeah, it's a story being told by a pre-teen. The "Beast" didn't really eat those criminals either.

[–] marykat71702 11 years ago

Good point--I didn't think about it that way. I guess I figured that at some point they had actually seen Mr. Mertle and at least knew what he looked like. :)

[–] Doc80 11 years ago

The thing with Mr. Mertle is that every town, especially back then, had someone like him. Someone that you hear all these stories about but you never see.