Picture OTD
Rumer Willis on set.Thanks to The Superficial for the image!
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posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
2:16 PM
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Rumer Willis on set.Thanks to The Superficial for the image!
4 Comments:
Hey Jeff--two little questions:
Since you just used the phrase:
when did "on the set" become merely "on set"?
Starting about a year or so ago, reading the various insider online gossip sites and suchlike, I saw this (to me) peculiar use, seemingly exchanging a verb and a noun for a verb-y stand alone phrase. It's everywhere now--evreyone says it and writes it--but when did this changeover take place, and how? In every history of Hollywood and interview, etc, going back to the silent era and up til at least the early 90s everyone would say "I was on the set"; when I visited Joe D. and a friend on Gremlins II, we were going "on the set"(w/Christopher Lee, btw!) etc.etc. To me it's like saying "I'LL be in office tomorrow" vs., well, "I'll be in THE office"...you get the idea.
Utter trivia, sure, but I've gotta know! ; )
And the other question: would you mind if I posted about your Flickr toy sets on my blog? Those pics are killer and I know my readership would be intrigued and amazed at the stuff you've amassed...would it be okay?
Hey, Jenny -
You know, I don't know when that started. I guess it's part of that unconscious cultural push to communicate everything faster, faster, faster, grammar be damned; I guess. Here's another question in a similar vein:
When was it decided that we didn't need to say "actress" anymore, and that "actor" was fine for everyone? I could understand it if "actress" was an ungainly or diminishing term, but I don't think it is. I miss it myself!
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I'd love it if you'd put Flickr links on your blog! It's a lot of work to make those photo sets, and I want as many people to enjoy them as possible!
Re: Flickr set: OK, keen! Thanks!
And I agree with you on the pansexual use of "actor"...hmmm: I think I first heard it in the 80s re: Streep and her rareified peers. I don't think it makes a difference and I cannot myself understand why "actress" would bother a person--a female actor, that is.
Here's a theory to the origin of "on-set":
Maybe it sprung from the phrase used as an adjective, as in "on-set rumors". That feels like a more reasonable use, which might have mutated into a less reasonable one.
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