New York Stagehand Glossary
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Term of the Night: a crackerjack mechanic
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a crackerjack mechanic --a great carpenter. "He's a crackerjack mechanic. He can build anything you want."
Expression of the Night: "We are taking on water"
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"We are taking on water" --when a show is beginning to fail, the slow descent to the bottom.
Term of the Day: card time
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card time --In Local #1, it takes three straight years of $37.5K in the jurisdiction, then you have to wait on the organizational list for a...
Friday, May 18, 2018
Term of the Night: death number
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death number --Local 52 (the movie local) slang for the stamped seniority number on a member's IA card. The number changes, going down e...
Term of the Day: collateral damage
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collateral damage --unintended victims. "When the head was fired and replaced, his regular stagehands never worked in that theater agai...
Term of the Day: garden-variety asshole
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garden-variety asshole --difficult stagehand with no power.
Term of the Day: old-man speed
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old-man speed --slow down, you are working too fast. "Go to old-man speed with your mop. The carpenters aren't done with their st...
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