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In response to "And that reason is...? -- nm" by TWuG

Safety. In the olden days they would hire ship’s riggers to run the fly (moving scenery up and down from above the stage)

Posted by znufrii, vice president (aka znufrii) Oct 2 '23, 09:21

On ships they’d communicate using whistles to raise and lower sails, etc. So if you weren’t careful about it on stage you might end up with a sandbag to the head.

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interesting! (I didnt know this or it's something I forgot bc I'm so old and smaht I've forgotten more than any of you young punks know) -- nm - mud Oct 2, 09:25

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Safety. In the olden days they would hire ship’s riggers to run the fly (moving scenery up and down from above the stage)

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