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Johnny Depth's first appearance on film was in 1984's horror classic, "A Nightmare On Elm Street".
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The villain of the movie, infamous
Freddy Krueger, has trademark razor sharp metal claws with which he cuts and kills his victims, including JD.
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Weird then that Depth would become the iconic Edward Scissorhands, yet again intimately interacting with hands as sharp cutting instruments. This time the blades are his own hands.
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As the poster above attests to, Depth uses his scissor hands to give people haircuts..
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More recently Johnny returns to hair styling as the singing barber in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street". He cuts clients hair as well as their throats...
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A stylized bloody cut passes over Depth's face on the poster for Jack the Ripper film "From Hell".
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His most famous character to date, pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, often brandishes a sword.
I intend to go into JD with great depth, Flux permitting.
Me and
Jim have talked about developing a synchromystic movie/documentary StarRing Johnny Depp.
Many future blog posts will serve as a development canvas for this idea.