Nigger singers with their faces blacked singing minstrel songs. In the song "", the Mikado sings of the punishment for older women who dye their hair or wear corsets, to be "Blacked like a nigger/With permanent walnut juice." Both lyrics are usually changed for modern performances. The word "nigger" appears in children's literature. "How the Leopard Got His Spots", in the "Just So Stories" (1902) by Rudyard Kipling, tells of an Ethiopian man and a leopard, both originally sand-colored, deciding to camouflage themselves with painted spots, for hunting in tropical forest. The story originally included a scene wherein the leopard (now
How the Riddler Got His Name "Screenrant" wrote, "Now that Ed has finally claimed his villainous identity, let's retire 'Ed' from now on. Smith is now essentially playing 'Riddler' going forward. Let’s just hope Riddler is ready for Penguin's revenge, as improbable as his survival is anyway." Kayti Burt of "Den of Geek" wrote, ""Gotham" is back! The midseason premiere is a strong start for the second half of season three, showing the further evolution of Ed into the Riddler. In terms of plot, it was less successful than some of the other Riddler-centric episodes we've gotten in the past, but nothing matched its insight into