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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: BruceinIthaca 02:56 pm EDT 04/19/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - showtunetrivia 02:27 pm EDT 04/19/20

The first one that leaps to mind is Bunny Flingus in The House of Blue Leaves. I remember when I first read the play, around middle school, I just thought it was a funny name for someone to have! Ah, for the innocence of youth.
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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: andyboy 03:30 pm EDT 04/19/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - BruceinIthaca 02:56 pm EDT 04/19/20

Bruce, up until NOW I'd always thought it was just a funny name as well (and because she's having a "fling" with Artie, it seemed maybe even a little on-the-nose). I never until just this moment as I ran the sound of it over and over in my head, realized that the name is actually more "on the tongue!"
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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: whereismikeyfl 03:05 pm EDT 04/19/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - BruceinIthaca 02:56 pm EDT 04/19/20

I never go this before. Ah, for the innocence of middle age.
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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: 37Rubydog 03:26 pm EDT 04/19/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - whereismikeyfl 03:05 pm EDT 04/19/20

As a middle aged theater kid I’m in the same boat. 😀
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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: altonido 01:29 am EDT 04/20/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - 37Rubydog 03:26 pm EDT 04/19/20

In "Auntie Mame" and "Mame," Mame's trusted friend and long-time admirer is one M. Lindsay Woolsey. This is a play on the apparently ancient term "linsey-woolsey," generally defined as a coarse fabric but also as "a jumble."
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re: Hidden puns in character names?
Posted by: Chromolume 01:47 am EDT 04/20/20
In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names? - altonido 01:29 am EDT 04/20/20

And the plantation name is Peckerwood.
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