Why name Bob after Robert Mapplethorpe in Bottle Rocket?
In Bottle Rocket, Robert Musgrave's character is named Bob Mapplethorpe after the infamous photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Why did Wes Anderson or Owen Wilson choose this particular name? Were either of them fans of Mapplethorpe's work? Or are they trying to convey something else especially in terms of the relationship between Bob and his brother, John (Future Man)?
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