Friday, February 9, 2018
Term of the Day: "If you like him, invite him to dinner"
"If you like him, invite him to dinner": When two stagehands are engrossed in conversation at the expense of working, the crew chief might yell, "If you like him, invite him to dinner," so they go back to work.
Term of the Day: "You're welcome as a guest, but I don't need a roommate"
"You're welcome as a guest, but I don't need a roommate"--a crusty old house carpenter said this to a roadman who was trying to move into his office for the run-of-show. The roadman then built a primitive office for himself in the basement.
Term of the Day: show-and-tell situation
show-and-tell situation--after a bad accident on deck, when scenery or a large prop is damaged, someone may say, "You have to see the damage. It is a show-and-tell situation."
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Term of the Day: white on rice
white on rice--to guard somebody closely, to not leave them alone. "When the young designer came on deck during the load in and tried to do work onstage, a stagehand was assigned to cover her, like white on rice."
Term of the Day: "Put your coat on and go home"
"Put your coat on and go home"--said when a stagehand really screws up, he or she is done. "Don't worry about your fuck up, just put your coat on and go home."
Term of the Day: pure stagehandese
pure stagehandese--stagehand slang, a stagehand who is conversant in the slang used by Local #1 stagehands. Often generational stagehands, whose fathers or grandfathers were in Local #1. I find that many stagehands under 50 don't understand what a busted valise is. "One of the extra men in the carpentry department speaks the purest stagehandese I have ever heard."
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