Sunday, April 25, 2021

Term of the Day: golden gut

golden gut--an instinctual ability to predict hit shows. This is a reference to the disgraced producer Scott Rudin, who was taken to task in a New York Times hatchet job on his three decades of violent and emotionally vicious behavior on Broadway. New York Times, April 25, 2021. Rudin is heavyset and has a copious gut. "That producer had a golden gut...he was able to pick and produce shows that would be big hits."

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Term of the Day: the on-set

the on-set--in Local 52 and the film industry, the on-set is the prop person who is responsible for the hand props used by the actors on the days of the filming.