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Why is it stressful to call into a show? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I tried to call into the majority report two days ago, and I just get some serious stage fright, didn't help that a national news story broke. I was stressing waiting for que to call in, calling in and getting voicemail, then getting put on hold. Like it was weird that I was high strung to the point where it was hard to form words.

I might try again after things calm down I'm America

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Speaker phone might help, but I know what you mean from back in the day. Having to be 'on' when they need you to is naturally stressful.

Btw-- it's "queue," sounds like "cue." "Que" is a Latin and Romance-language word.

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Yup. Queue is a line. Cue is a trigger. The cashier can cue the next person in the queue to approach the register.

Even more confusingly, my job frequently shorthands “cue” as “Q” because it is quicker to write in a script. For instance, the script margins will have the stage manager’s notes, which include lighting cues, sound cues, etc… So the stage manager will write something like “Q136 when light switch flipped” if lighting cue 136 needs to fire when the actor flips the light switch. So they can call it at the appropriate time.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

Oh neat; you work in stage production? I bet you have some stories...