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S T U M P T O W N | P E R S P E C T I V E 4 7 The Avengers and Agent arbara Feldon from Get Smart. oth of these series were designed using truly vibrant s pop art styles while flashing the miniskirt. I was smart enough to love the look but young and unable to recognize the complacent representation of the women in these series. Dex is a fighter and a survivor and reminds me of actress ane Fonda from her film Coming Home. Dex doesn't take any shit, wears funky T-shirts, can kick ass and she likes old cars. Dex is my kind of girl From her past, she reunites with another powerful independent woman named Sue Lynn lackbird, played by the acclaimed actress from Dances With Wolves, a member of The Order of Canada and a Native American activist, Tantoo Cardinal. lackbird has been an important element in Dex's life. Their connection gives Dex a role model to which she can aspire. lackbird runs the local Native American casino and has the command of both women and men that truly respect her. The visual element of her office and establishment reflect many aspects of her strong-willed personality and Native American lifestyle. Then there is Dex's new friend and confident Grey cConnell played by ake ohnson from The Good Girl who has had a checkered past but, like Dex, is a survivor too. They are both searching for meaning and a place to call home, and their bonding and lives cross in the bar that Grey has created named the ad Alibi. It is here where Dex, offman, Dex's brother Ansel and Grey along with some other assorted characters, come together to commune, sort through their issues and forge new adventures together. In developing the look for the set of the ad Alibi, the Art Department needed to understand and to reflect elements of Grey's character. Grey has had a shady past. This bar is his first physical sense of permanence. In our meetings with show creator ason Richman, we learned where he believed the location of the ad Alibi should be in downtown Portland, and to design with that in mind. ut we also needed to locate an exterior location in Los Angeles that would match the ad Alibi's interior, and the interior really needed to reflect Grey with his love of building cars, old factories, unusual mechanical decorations and his truly bachelor life living upstairs above the bar's main area. Finding an exterior to match the characteristics of the urban Portland area while shooting the series in Los Angeles lead to the Nate Starkman building. Its appearence best matched the Portland A. & B. DEX'S HOME EXTERIOR. IMAGES FROM THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. LOCATION MANAGER JEFFREY SPELLMAN, FOUND A SIMILAR-LOOKING HOUSE IN SOUTH PASADENA. C. & D. DEX'S HOME INTERIOR. SET PHOTOS OF THE STAGE SET FILTERED THROUGH THE CARTOON FILTER SNAPSEED. E. BAD ALIBI EXTERIOR. SHOT IN DOWNTOWN LA AND AUGMENTED BY VISUAL EFFECTS. E