Overheard Stagehand Line #47: "He knows everything...."

"That guy? He knows everything but the rules."

Overhead Stagehand Line #46: "intelligence is not a family trait"

"Watch that young head...though intelligence is not a family trait, he is cunning and deadly."

Term of the Night: the whole Megillah

  the whole Megillah--everything that is under consideration, all the work, or a long, complicated story with many moving parts. "I can't take next week's call. The carpenter is going to give me the whole load in, the whole Megillah." From the Hebrew for religious scrolls.

Term of Day: Slum-Dog Millionaire resume

Slum-Dog Millionaire resume--when you pick up survival skills from different odd jobs and bouncing around in the stage world, TV and industrial events. You may learn some carpentry, some electric and may know how to run crews. Despite a chaotic resume, you may be perfect for the job. From the movie "Slum-Dog Millionaire," about Bombay street kids.

Stagehand Glossary v. 20, updated January, 5, 2024

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