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2 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 WHO'S TALKING IN THIS ISSUE F r a n c e s c a d i M o t t o l a , Production Designer of THE GREAT – page 43 Someone once asked me if the design of the show somehow reflected the comedy of the writing and it caught me unprepared. I knew I hadn't been consciously looking for comedic tones through design. However, looking back, I believe there is a strong element of playfulness in my approach to design—the result of the freedom I have to interpret the material and to find inspiration anywhere. C u r t B e e c h , Production Designer of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING – page 51 The result was a space cluttered and curated with bits of ourselves. Look carefully, and you will catch my grad school theatrical models of Don Juan, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, and Richard the Third, along with a thousand books from all of us that have finally found a new home…for now. C h r i s Tr u j i l l o , Production Designer of STRANGER THINGS – page 89 My greatest affection has always been for the seemingly most mundane sets. Domestic interiors are where the storytelling starts for me. The greatest strength of Stranger Things lies in its cast of indelible oddballs, and creating their personal spaces is how I am able to contribute most directly to the storytelling. F r a n c o - G i a c o m o C a r b o n , Production Designer of THEY CLONED TYRONE – page 110 Slowly, the film's trio realize that the reason the chicken is so delicious at "GotDamn! Fried Chicken" is that it is coated with narcotics and that the Perm Creme is so amazingly relaxing at the beauty parlor because it is also laced with opiates. So is the cheap malt liquor. It is everywhere… S t e p h a n O l s o n , Production Designer of LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: "THE FACTS OF LIFE" & "DIFF'RENT STROKES" – page 98 But as I pored over the drawings, it became clear that these were not as-built drawings, but drawings "For Estimate Only." Lots of "Not to Scale" and "See Revised" and "See Sheet X for Details," and, of course, there was no Sheet X.