Catherine Duffy is a freelance writer.

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Would the movie 'Godzilla' have been more successful with a different name?

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One Saturday morning, instead of cartoons, my six-year old self sat down on the carpet and watched Godzilla vs. Mothra. Nothing was better than those vintage black and white monster films of the 1950s. The name Godzilla brings to mind that morning, the monster, and other cultural attachments to the word which spawned the phrase Bride-zilla. Could there be a better name for the creature in the famous feature?

After time and exposure our initial impression of a name can morph and change. What happens when we strip away the iconographic and cultural attachments?

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