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in reply to a message by Perrine
I don't like Reagan or Regan. Yes, they're easily confused. Reagan is one of the bland, pasty ex-president surnames that are trendy right now.
And Regan was not only an unadmirable character in Shakespeare, she was also the name of the devil-possessed girl in the Exorcist, one of the scariest movies out there. The girl who vomited green slime, twisted her head halfway around, and got violated with a crucifix, among other things. In all honesty, that Regan is probably more widely known among the general public than the Shakespeare character.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
And Regan was not only an unadmirable character in Shakespeare, she was also the name of the devil-possessed girl in the Exorcist, one of the scariest movies out there. The girl who vomited green slime, twisted her head halfway around, and got violated with a crucifix, among other things. In all honesty, that Regan is probably more widely known among the general public than the Shakespeare character.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
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Yes, she was. But the character in The Exorcist was actually a really sweet, nice, lovely girl. She was possessed. Her character wasn't bad, she had something bad happening to her. And yes, I understand what you mean. It is probably a bad association for many people. Definitely something to think about. I think it never bothered me because the character herself was lovely and not evil or anything. I always remember one of the first scenes in which she was excited she saw a horse in central park and she was just the cutest girl before all of that happened to her.
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Yes! Thats how I think of Regan from The Exorcist too, before she was possessed. Regan wasn't evil, the demon was.
This message was edited 12/20/2016, 6:05 PM
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