The Strange Name Movie | movie | 2017 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00Imagine having to brace yourself for a reaction every single time you introduce yourself.

00:07As I got older, yes, the C from cobbledick got changed to a G, gobbledick.

00:13If I had to do it all over again, he definitely would be timber. It was done with love.

00:20I've been hearing your name for years and years. It's been a little bit confusing.

00:25I've had TSA agents at the airport say, is that really your name? This is a U.S. passport.

00:30And they're asking me if it's forged, basically.

00:33I have an older brother. So, you know, he kind of told me what cock meant.

00:38And then I kind of put the two together and just didn't create a very good visual in my mind.

00:43You know, I get taunted and sometimes physically accosted, beat up or something like that.

00:49It's a very difficult practice to get to a place where you can say, it's not personal. It's not about me.

00:56Once Shelley came up with that book, that ruined our good name, that book.

01:02It wasn't difficulty, like, unless I became a spy. Unless I became, you know, I worked for the CIA.

01:08Everybody realizes that their name and the names of everyone they know send enormous signals to the world.

01:14I want to spread the AFLAS name around. It's gotten a lot of press, for sure.

01:20In a world all but overrun with bullies and dimwits, your name can make you the object of derision, wisecracks or worse.

01:29From Linda Slutsky.

01:31My uncle, George Washington, and my first cousin, James Brown, got there before me.

01:37But there's no support group for people with strange names. It's every schmuck for himself.

01:43I was reading Harold Robbins' book and schmuck was in there a lot.

01:49So I went to my English teacher and he said, it's time you knew.

01:54That's what I saw as do you do.