Bames Jond: Human Activist - Behind the scenes
Context 1 and Context 2 Interviewer Garblr for Interstellar News^e-2: "Director Klodri, thank you for your time. The Bames Jond series has been a major hit across 3 sectors, and people and entities want to know - how did it begin? What inspired you to depict Humans, a fairly new arrival on the galactic stage, in such stunning detail?
Klodri: "My pleasure Garblr. It's been an exciting journey so far and we are all looking forward to more 'situations' from our fantastic Jond. It began like most great ideas do - binging old documentaries after a full cycle of menial office work.
It was an old film about the first time the Galactic Coalition came across Humanity - how they were so 'fired up' to get into space and the observations of Human culture of the time. Fascinating stuff. (Garblr soft chortles)
But two things stuck out to me - Noire and Civil law court drama videos.
From there everything came together naturally, as you know."
Garblr: "Fascinating answer, thank you.
But, of course, we all know what cycle this is, so I have to ask about the controversy surrounding the first Bames Jond actor."
Klodri: "I know, I know. What a tragedy it was. You have to understand, at the time there were so few Humans outside of their own system, let alone any close to our sector, so, as a professional method actor, Ingrahlum Trautsi, took it upon himself, as he always did, to dive head first into Human culture and behavior.
At first, everything was flying smoothly - to understand speech patterns and popular slang, he read countless of the most popular Human literary works of the day - softcore yaoi manga; to get into the rhythm of the Human heart and mind he constantly listened to Danish techno rap; and to comprehend the inner workings of their psychology and evolution he watched every episode of Drunk History.
However... he felt it wasn't enough. He wanted to feel Human, not just with clothes and makeup, but with food and drinks too. Even to this day, we don't know how he managed to import the stuff, but by the time we arrived on set the next day after he made that proclamation, it was already too late.
There he was, raving and rampaging across the set, gargling incoherently, spitting ectoplasm everywhere and just...
It was terrifying. We couldn't stop him, we didn't even understand what was going on at all.
And then he stopped in his tracks in the middle of the stage and dropped dead on the floor.
*deep air filtration*
The autopsy revealed he had poisoned himself with a deadly combination of deep-fried M&Ms and Coca-Pepsi Melon. The rest your and every major network covered at the time, the political mayhem and endless political bickering and export controls. Everything was just so new at the time. Of course we didn't want anything like that to happen - the face of a generation gone just like that.
And it hit me hard too, I felt the blame. After all, I was the one who scouted him for the role, knowing how he preferred to take on such challenging characters. And nothing like that had ever happened before, not with him or any method actor for as long as the Galactic Actors Guild had existed.
But we learned, I learned, and now we have new safeguards, rules, screening methods, and we have established direct ties with the local guilds and governments, not just of the Humans, but the homeworlds of every race represented in the GAG.
Trautsi's life did not end in vain or for frivolous reasons - he lives on in both all the great works he starred in and through the guidance and safety we now provide for all our stars, crew, affiliates, and their families and friends.
With universal cooperation and modern consideration I can proudly say that film making has never been safer, more integrated, more informed or more well thought out than ever before."
Garblr: "Thank you for that thorough answer, I know it wasn't easy. Again, thank you for your time, and to our viewers, I hope we are all now better informed, thank you for your attention."