ATTN JMS: lunchtime on the set

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From: Cheryl.Thompson at mvs.udel.edu
Date: 6 Jun 1997 23:49:10 -0400
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Forgive me if this has ever been answered, but I suddenly got curious about
something.
Could you describe a typical lunch break on the set of B5?  Are the actors
partially in their costumes and prosthetics?  If so, how do they manage to
eat? Who generally sits with whom?  What does everyone generally talk about?
Are there practical jokes?  And ...like that.
Thanks
Sherry



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 8 Jun 1997 01:39:00 -0400
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Lunchtime is one of the best times on set.  We have a large area set up
outside the back of the stage, a big picnic tent sort of arrangement, in
the open air, and the food is brought in, and it's kind of like a big
family picnic 5 times a week.  A lot of goofing around, laughter, hanging
out and BSing, big political arguments usually involving me (moderate to
left), Jerry (slightly to the right of Atilla the Hun) and Jason (acting
representative from Mars).  In the case of massive applied prosthetics,
they stay on because it would take too long to reaply them, and in general
they're not hard to work around; the background aliens just pop off their
heads.

Curiously...and I consider this something of a psychological or
sociological study, albeit very informal...at lunchtime *almost
invariabley* the Narn extras sit with the other Narn extras, Centauri sit
with Centauri, Earth troops with Earth troops...it's interesting to see
how fast this sort of thing happens.


 jms




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