ABC Game

badger

The X-Men (and women)

ruthbru

Yoda, Yogi Berra, Andrew Young, Andrew Yang

Miriandra

Zatanna

Next topic - theater/movie/TV terms

Actress/Actor, Audience, Audio track, Audition

Janett2014

Blockbuster

Background music

Black and white

Box office

badger

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

ruthbru

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

badger

extras, entertainment, emote/emotions, exit

Miriandra

Foley, Fans, Fresnel, Front of house, Film

badger

grip, gaffer, greasepaint

ruthbru

hand props, house lights, host, History Channel

Miriandra

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

badger

jib, jump the shark, Jeopardy!

ruthbru

Kill the lights!

M0mmyof3

Lens flare

Janett2014

movies, melodrama, musical, megaplex theater

ruthbru

Netflix, network

Miriandra

Opera, On stage, Overture, Opening night jitters

ruthbru

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

Janett2014

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

badger

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

ruthbru

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

Miriandra

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

Janett2014

usher, union, underground film

ruthbru

Videography, venue, voice-over

badger

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

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

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

Miriandra

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

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

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