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4 0 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 9 ACT 1: (by Christopher L. Brown) The phone call from the producer: "Can I buy you breakfast at The Waffle?" "I can't tell you anything about the story, actually I can't tell you anything about the eight stories… except that each one is in a different city, across a variety of continents with a different cast…" A It's a nice sales pitch, especially when you know Matthew Weiner is the person behind the endeavor. I learned working as an Art Director on Mad Men that the words are going to be good, the characters would have a point of view and that the ride would not be boring. The project would be an anthology, the through line, the leitmotif, would be a belief by at least one of the characters in the episode, that they were descended from Russian royalty. R u n n i n g A w a y t o J o i n t h e G l o b a l C i r c u s T H E R O M A N O F F S B Y C H R I S T O P H E R L . B R O W N A N D H E N R Y D U N N , P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N E R S