Extra Extra!
As I stood on stage during a semi-blacked out party scene and reached for the M&Ms on a table, only a smidgen of my intelligence led me to think…"hmmm…someone in the crowd might notice what i'm doing when the rest of the 'extras' or members of the chorus are frozen." Did it stop me? No. Being the glutton I am (are) I took greater pleasure in enjoying the crispy M &M s that had just come to the market. Plus, I ensured I had my back to the audience and slid my hand full of M&Ms in line with my body's silhouette to my mouth, and only crunched when dialogue was taking place in the lit up part of stage right. This actual incident that inspired the above anecdote, which feels like it could lead to a blog post about nothing, took place when I was in grade 9. Not only did it allow me to have a taste of the new M&M range, it also gave me my first taste of what being an 'extra' or in the 'chorus' of a play, ad or movie would inv...