Posted June 4, 2012 at 12:00 am
Hugs are pretty awesome. Although, I'm always a little wary of the kids holding up those "FREE HUGS" signs at the anime cons. Hugs from strangers are not always awesome.
I've been on a handful of film sets and the most interesting people I've ever met have been part of the crew. The grips, the camera operators, the carpenters, just about everyone behind the scenes comes to set with a wealth of knowledge. Sometimes their stories are worlds more interesting than the scenes they are shooting. Not to discount the actors, but I sometimes feel like you'd get more interesting shots if you just film the crew. That's why I really loved the two-hour "House" finale. The first hour was a retrospective on the series where Hugh Laurie took a camera and interviewed the crew who made the show possible. It was great to get a peak behind the scenes which is something that's almost never shown on broadcast television. It was so great that Hugh made a point to feature them.
