Twyla Tharp
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So the name Twyla, she saw in a newspaper, but it was spelled with an I. The original Twyla, who was a pig-calling princess in the next county.
Twyla, I forget her last name.
In any case, my mother changed it to a Y because she thought
Twyla with a Y would look better on a marquee.
Okay, she was right.
That the T had to be selected for the alliteration between Twyla and Tharp, TT, Marilyn Monroe.
All stars have got alliterative names.
She's not wrong.
It makes it easier to remember.
It also seems to have a reinforcing quality.
One name is a T, another T must be good.
Yeah, this is all my mother's subliminal thinking to provide me with the course of stardom.
Should I select, that's what I should go towards.
Yeah, that's what I said.
Thank you, sweetheart.
And God bless you for doing this and for believing it's worthwhile.