True or False? Romeo y Julieta and Montecristo

[El Presidente]

True or False?  

Romeo y Julieta and Montecristo were named after books?  

[JohnS]

[btp1979]

R&J was named after a play by some British dude, and Montecristo was named after Castro's favorite sandwich. It's science.

[Chibearsv]

11 minutes ago, btp1979 said:

R&J was named after a play by some British dude, and Montecristo was named after Castro's favorite sandwich. It's science.

Monte 1 has notes of ham, cheese, toast, and grape jelly? 🤣🤢

[NSXCIGAR]

15 minutes ago, btp1979 said:

R&J was named after a play by some British dude

Yep, Edward de Vere. 

Another one of Rob's question our sanity sessions. 

[El Presidente]

45 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Yep, Edward de Vere. 

Another one of Rob's question our sanity sessions. 

It was a question raised last week at lunch 

 

......wasn't Romeo and Juliet a play? 

 

[Fuzz AI]

12 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

It was a question raised last week at lunch 

 

......wasn't Romeo and Juliet a play? 

 

Nah, it was a shitty movie with Leonardo de Crappio and Claire Danes.

[Paladin865]

Some of the Marcas were name after books that the Lectadores read to the cigar rollers.

[nKostyan]

Montecristo is an island

[Bijan]

3 hours ago, nKostyan said:

Montecristo is an island

This was a plot element in the story.

[NSXCIGAR]

15 hours ago, Paladin865 said:

Some of the Marcas were name after books that the Lectadores read to the cigar rollers.

Yes, Count of Monte Cristo was apparently a favorite among the torcedores.

So technically Montecristo was named for a title of a book while RyJ was named for a play. 

[nKostyan]

This was a plot element in the story.

I've read this novel.

The name of the cigar brand is identical to the name of the island, but the name of the count is written in French with a hyphen "Monte-Cristo" in other languages separately "Monte Cristo".

Perhaps this was done specifically by the creators of the brand to avoid Alexander Dumas copyright infringement.

[Bijan]

16 minutes ago, nKostyan said:

I've read this novel.

The name of the cigar brand is identical to the name of the island, but the name of the count is written in French with a hyphen "Monte-Cristo" in other languages separately "Monte Cristo".

Perhaps this was done specifically by the creators of the brand to avoid Alexander Dumas copyright infringement.

The title has Montecristo (one word) in Spanish:

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_conde_de_Montecristo

Edit: also Italian, likely because Monte Cristo would be misunderstood as Monte and Cristo are words in those languages. (Also it is an Italian island)

[Pharmacovigilant]

The names were stolen from Altadis brands.

[NSXCIGAR]

On 4/23/2023 at 4:54 PM, Paladin865 said:

Some of the Marcas were name after books that the Lectadores read to the cigar rollers.

Sancho Panza. 

Probably many others as well before the revolution.