Illustration by JR Fleming

How Godzilla Changed

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Wisecrack
Nov 1 · 5 min read

By Leo Cookman

When you hear the name “Godzilla,” what do you picture? A man in a rubber suit crashing around a scale model of a city? Or the CGI slugfest that was “King of the Monsters?” Or, perhaps, the 1998 T-Rex clone? Is this monster friend or foe? Misunderstood animal or ungodly abomination? Your interpretation of the big guy will vary depending on which of his movies you’ve seen, and where they were made. That’s…

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