Term of the Day: problem with his nose

problem with his nose--specific substance abuse issue. "The head's son had a problem with his nose, so bad that he destroyed his good looks when his nose cartilage collapsed. He had what is called "a Coke nose."

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."

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. 

Term of the Day: sugar glass

  sugar glass-- old term for breakaway glass, which originally was made with sugar. Local 52 term.

Term of the Day: to put an arm on someone

 to put an arm on someone-- to pressure someone, to strong arm another person

Term of the Day: the hero

the hero: (Local 52 term) a prop, usually a table, in a TV or movie shoot where the main action of the scene takes place, where the actor  or actress who is the hero of the scene has his/her lines." "Make sure that tablecloth on the right-hand table has been steamed...that table is the hero  and is the focus of the shot."

Term of the Night: Mean Girls, the Middle-Aged Edition

 Mean Girls, the Middle-Aged Edition--difficult people in the theater from one department turning on other departments. "The wardrobe supervisor suddenly became hostile to the prop department and hired like-minded dressers. It quickly became a case of "Mean Girls, the Middle-Aged Edition."