Tales from the Background

Tales from the Background: THE TWILIGHT ZONE

March 30, 2021March 29, 2021TelevisionTales from the Background, The Twilight Zone

“I wonder if I’ll make tenure?” I quipped to my fellow background performer as we examined our newly fitted costumes in a full-length mirror. My comment referred to the fact that I very much resembled

Tales from the Background: SUPERGIRL (Part 2)

March 23, 2021March 16, 2021Quick TakesSupergirl, Tales from the Background

If my more cowardly turn as a fleeing subway janitor in an earlier episode of Supergirl’s third season had been difficult to spot, my new camouflage threads didn’t do my visibility any favours as I

Tales From The Background: THE FLASH

November 17, 2020November 16, 2020TelevisionTales from the Background, The Flash

The Flash is one of those shows I wish I had watched from its premiere, but is too far along to bother catching up on (I’m still making my way through Star Trek: The Next

Tales from the Background: SUPERGIRL

September 1, 2020August 31, 2020Quick TakesChris Wood, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Krys Marshall, Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, Tales from the Background

For the first season at least, Supergirl’s fictional setting of Central City was situated comfortably in Southern California. But when the ratings failed to persuade CBS to keep it on the air, the show was

Tales from the Background: SALVATION

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020Quick TakesAaron Douglas, Grace Barrows, Salvation, Tales from the Background

It was an unusually warm and sunny March in Richmond, BC. Folks cycled and walked along the riverside path, birds chirped as jets took to the sky from neighbouring Sea Island, and in an unassuming

Tales From the Background: COLONY (Part 2)

August 11, 2020August 10, 2020Quick TakesColony, Tales from the Background

“If any of you lose your assigned weapon, the RCMP will shut down this show and NO ONE leaves until it’s found.” the weapons wrangler sternly told the crowd of shabbily dressed onlookers, each carrying