THE DIFFERENTLY-SPINED PERSON OF NOTRE DAME: Oddsock Productions, an aptly named British theater company,
has decided that "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is offensive to hunchbacks and will, accordingly, stage its adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic as "The Bellringer of Notre Dame". Hunchbacks in London are grateful. London Scoliosis Association spokesman Libby Biberian — herself a hunchback — remarked, "I welcome it because in the past the title has caused some problems with our members in that people use it as derogatory term — throwing names and making comments at the possible similarities." There is no word yet from the Association of Audible Tone Dispensers whether the term "bellringer" is offensive to its membership.
