And how does one make a prop tamale?

The design team here at UHM is wonderful about making sure the director has input into a lot of decisions on design. So in addition to have lots of meetings this week about major design issues (2.5 hours on sound one day, about 6 hours total on lights over the week, lots of stops in the costume shop), I’ve been making snap decisions about a range of smaller details. This week alone I’ve been asked to decide between two very similar brick colors, pick from amongst 3 types of drawer handles, decide which hankies belong to Stella, Eunice, and Blanche, and pick which Jax beer labels I like. The patio bench proved to be a very hard item to find, but we got one at last at a military store. An older-type electric fan that works is also really hard to find these days, had to be bought online. And I’m thrilled to report that I was the one who found the perfect bedspread at Ross. (Do you love it? I love it).

Realism is deceptively simple when you read it, but I’m finding it to be exhaustingly demanding in practice.