First, the obscure and dated cultural reference (above). “Young Frankenstein,” circa 1974. Gene Wilder as Doctor Frankenstein (pronounced FRONK-en-steen), Marty Feldman as EYE-gore … and the newly awakened monster. Wilder is despairing of the criminal’s brain he unwittingly has put into his mix-and-match creature, and is beating on its chest shouting, “Rotten! Rotten! Rotten!” And […]

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