Igor?
I just watched this film for the first time (way too much fun), and was struck by the character of Igor.
nowadays, Igor is a cliche, often portrayed as a hunchbacked/deformed mentally lacking helper to a mad scientist. (In House of Wax, Igor's a hulking deaf-mute.) I was just wondering - this might be a dumb question - but did that cliche come from this film? if not, where did it come from?
For some reason I've associated the Igor character with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, but it's been ages since I've read the book, so I really don't remember.
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