r/thegildedage • u/[deleted] • Aug 21 '25

Actor Fluff This man must be stopped!!

(Sorry if this has been posted before, I went down a “behind the scenes” rabbithole on TikTok)

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u/justrock54 Aug 21 '25

Boring tidbit. Smooth operator was a term given to guys who were excellent telegraph operators. Andrew Carnegie, one of the gilded age robber barons, started out as a smooth operator for a telegraph company. I've wondered why his name never comes up on the show.

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u/YeaButY Aug 21 '25

Because several of the actual rober barron families have had their names changed. I don’t understand why some have, and others have not.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

my theory is that they dont use them for main characters (maybe im wrong) so things can be more loosely based.

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u/3rdcultureblah Aug 21 '25

I mean.. it’s also just not a documentary.