For our "Rerun Leftovers" week, here's something appropriate for Hump
Day......
QUASIMODO
CREATED BY:
Victor Hugo
PORTRAYED BY:
Mandy Patinkin
TV STATUS:
Recastaway
TV DIMENSION:
Alternate Toobworld
From Wikipedia:
Quasimodo is described as "hideous" and a "creation of the devil." He was
born with a hunchback, and a giant wart that covers his right eye. He is found
abandoned in Notre Dame (on the foundlings' bed, where orphans and unwanted
children are left to public charity) on Quasimodo Sunday, the first Sunday after
Easter, by Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, who adopts the baby,
names him after the day the baby was found, and brings him up to be the
bell-ringer of the Cathedral. Due to the loud ringing of the bells, Quasimodo
also becomes deaf. Although he is hated for his deformity, it is revealed that
he is fairly kind at heart.
Quasimodo's name can be considered a pun. Frollo finds him on the cathedral's doorsteps on Quasimodo Sunday and names him after the holiday. However, the Latin words "quasi" and "modo" also mean "almost" and "the standard measure" respectively. As such, Quasimodo is "almost the standard measure" of a human person.
Quasimodo's name can be considered a pun. Frollo finds him on the cathedral's doorsteps on Quasimodo Sunday and names him after the holiday. However, the Latin words "quasi" and "modo" also mean "almost" and "the standard measure" respectively. As such, Quasimodo is "almost the standard measure" of a human person.
BCnU!
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