ABC Game

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    The X-Men (and women)

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Yoda, Yogi Berra, Andrew Young, Andrew Yang

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Zatanna

    Next topic - theater/movie/TV terms

    Actress/Actor, Audience, Audio track, Audition

  • janett2014
    janett2014 Member Posts: 2,950
    edited January 2021

    Blockbuster

    Background music

    Black and white

    Box office

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    Cinema, Cinemax, Cut, Cue Cards, Camera, C-Span

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    dramas, documentaries, drop the mic, day-time soap operas, dressing rooms

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    extras, entertainment, emote/emotions, exit

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Foley, Fans, Fresnel, Front of house, Film

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    grip, gaffer, greasepaint

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    hand props, house lights, host, History Channel

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Iris, Indie flicks, Interior shot, Industrial Lights and Magic

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    jib, jump the shark, Jeopardy!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Kill the lights!

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,771
    edited January 2021

    Lens flare

  • janett2014
    janett2014 Member Posts: 2,950
    edited January 2021

    movies, melodrama, musical, megaplex theater

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Netflix, network

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Opera, On stage, Overture, Opening night jitters

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    producer, plot, pit, popcorn (for the movies), play, pay-for-view, promo, pilot

  • janett2014
    janett2014 Member Posts: 2,950
    edited January 2021

    Q rating: refers to an ad research rating that gauges how easily a celebrity is recognized -- and how well the celebrity is liked

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    R-rated, red carpet, rehearsal, role, revival, re-run

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    soap operas, stage, screen, sets, skits, stars

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Theatre, Take 5, Tech week, Tape, "The Scottish Play"

  • janett2014
    janett2014 Member Posts: 2,950
    edited January 2021

    usher, union, underground film

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Videography, venue, voice-over

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited January 2021

    writer, wardrobe, walk-on, W TV and radio stations (they start with W east of the Mississippi River and K west of the Mississippi River)

    For the curious, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_signs_in_the_United_States

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    X-rated, Xfade (Bringing up a new lighting area onstage while at the same time bringing down another area somewhere else on stage, also applies to sound effects/music.)

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    X (tape on a stage to mark where movable set pieces need to be placed), X-rated

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,211
    edited January 2021

    Oops! Doubled up on X.

    Yoke (the U shaped device that attaches a stage light to the overhead grid), Yesterday (when the stage manager wanted that task done, seriously, do I have to do everything around here?) ;)

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Z movies are low-budget films that have qualities lower than B movies.

    New Topic (in honor of Valentine's Day)

    Famous Lovers (real & fictional)

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,709
    edited January 2021

    Adam & Eve, John & Abigail Adams, Alvy Singer and Annie Hall, Prince Albert & Queen Victoria