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i’m a simple bitch, i see the use of a turntable on theatre sets, i lose my fucking mind

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Crew Things

*holds out hand* “Keys??”

insulting the ellipsoidals when you can’t open them

running places because it’s more practical

getting really excited about a light color or special

exploring the costume room

*someone waving at booth from the stage* *booth excitedly waves back*

bouncing in sync during long stretches without cues

having fun haunting the theater

sitting in the dark is the norm

hearing only parts of the actor’s conversations and wondering what on Earth is going on

peering down at the audience and trying to count them before the show starts

grinning even though it’s an upsetting scene because of how cool a light cue looked

choking back laughter during a funny scene or when actors successfully improvise

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Look at this! Look at this fucking thing! This was done in 1986, and used absolutely no CGI whatsoever. It was ALL practical, and ALL done through puppetry. Look at the last gif. Over a dozen vines are moving at once along with its head, lips, and tongue! In interviews Rick Moranis has stated he often forgot he was working with a puppet, as opposed to a really ugly guy. Even today it looks so real. Audrey ii is nothing short of miraculous

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IM SORRY WHAT

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WHAT

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It took over 60 puppeteers to operate Audrey II’s final form in the film. You can read more about the puppet’s creation and operation here.

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The practical effects of Little Shop of Horrors was fucking astounding. It’s worth it to mention that, in the scenes where the plant is moving, the filming was slowed to 12 to 16 frames a second, so that the film could be sped up to give the Audrey II a more lifelike appearance. In such scenes where actors like Rick Moranis had to speak with the plant, he had to mouth his lines at a slower-than-normal speed while still looking convincing, only to have his voice added in post.

It’s also worth mentioning that a crew of 60+ puppeteers were needed to operate the plant, as the entire puppet weighed over a ton.

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never i repeat never put on time warp at a party unless you want the theatre kids to destroy your house

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a bold assumption to think I would allow theatre kids within even 500 feet of my home

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I cannot tell you how happy I am to see my comics circulating around backstage/scene shop tumblr! I’m mostly an installation artist now, but I used to be a scenic carpenter/painter/designer, so it’s super gratifying to see MY PEOPLE like these goofy things.

Here is the mostly full set of screwing-things comics, which includes a couple new pages on screws and bit guides! What do you call a bit guide, anyway? I’ve always called it a “foreskin” but I’m not putting that in a comic…

And because there have been requests - if you’re a stagecraft teacher(or other sort of carpentry instructor that would find these useful) and want higher res images of these comics to print for your classes, you are welcome to email me at shingkhor @ gmail and I will send them to you for free!

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I also started a couple pages on basic wood shop safety! More coming soon.

And thank you so much for being into this zine series! A lot of it is information that’s just sort of in my head now, and it’s been really valuable and useful to me to be able to write it out and be assured that it IS useful to do so, and not just incredibly redundant.

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*sees broom*

*picks up broom*

“TELL THEM HOW I AM DEFYYYYYYYYYING GRAAAAAVITTYYYY”

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*starts sweeping broom sadly*

“There is a castle on a cloud…”

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*holds broom horizontally*

“Never need a reason, never need a rhyme. Up on the roof top step in time!”

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*sweeps broom angrily*

“IT’S A HARD KNOCK LIFE!”

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*begins waltzing with broom* I could have DAAAAANCED all NIIIIIGHT

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*hits broom handle on the ground and tap dances* LOOK AT ME! IM THE KING OF NEW YORK!

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*gently places broom against a wall* I’m the belle of the ball in my own little corner!

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*broom starts dancing of its own accord* BE. OUR. GUEST!

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so apparently musicals have a thing for brooms huh

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we all love a sweeping musical number

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The giant book floating stage at Bregenz Festival during the rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi’ s opera “A Masked Ball” on Thursday July 15. 1999 in Bregenz, western part of Austria. The premiere of the Richard Jones and Antony McDonald production will be on Wednesday July 21. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha)

Credit to the photographer, Rudi Blaha.

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Not just actors are theater kids ♥️ A shout out to the rest of the team!

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All I can think is, “It’s too late. You’ve awakened the gazebo.”

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some guy: you can’t just burst into song in the middle of a play

guy about to invent musicals: oh you haven’t heard?

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Getting friends in to musicals is hard because when they ask what it’s about you have to be like “15 year olds having sex” or “a plant from outer space that takes over the world” or “teenagers killing people for fun” or “Alexander Hamilton”

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“7 minorities deal with crushing poverty and the looming specter of death by being a dick to their landlord”

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“Sesame Street, but like… for adults”

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“This one time in the 1830s a bunch of college students decided to fight the entire French government and…it didn’t go very well.”

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“A nun and a retired naval officer fight Nazis with cute kids and the power of song.“

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“A couple of guys stage the first-ever musical, and William Shakespeare is kind of a dickwad.”

“A transwoman rock singer recounts her escape from East Berlin in a case of WORST TIMING EVER.”

“It’s based on a John Waters movie…no not Pink Flamingos.”

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“It’s the Bible by the guy that did Cats. No, no, it’s like…really angry.”

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“Even if you’re struggling with finding your place in the world, you shouldn’t let a group of actors convince you to set yourself on fire.”

“Have you ever wondered how many people have tried to kill the president?”

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“How to get away with murder, the speakeasy AU.” “A only marginally accurate recounting of the opening of Japan to the west, with experimental musical styles meant to imitate the consequent shifting of Japanese culture, told with as little recognizable plot as possible.”

“It’s about how trains probably feel.”