I guess I'm ok with techie, at least for now. Really I'd rather be called a lighting tech, a lighting designer, electrician, somethings that defines the job. Tech itself just seems a little awkward to say, it needs a qualifying word before it.
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Techs are only good at one thing- Roadies can do everything. We are Backline, Sound, Lights, Carp, Vidiots, or whatever is needed; we are the show experts. Local crews can't be trusted to do anything beyond pushing, pulling, and lifting, so all we need from the local technician (sorry, Technician) is to be pointed towards the distro, catering and bathrooms when our buses arrive. If we need anything else, we'll tell you what to do.
well personaly i like to be called a techie. now im sure since im in high school and havent worked my ass off to get a degree in technical theater, i just showed up, then it wont mater as much to me what i am called. I personaly like to be called a techie, because first its fun, i mean, no offence, technician sounds like somone with like a note pad all the time, fidgiting stuff here and there, and what not. Now a techie, that sounds like someone that does the same things, but in a fun happy way! ok maybe not best imegery, but point being techie just sounds funner. then second, i was told by the old "head student" that i didnt whant to be a technician, because, in high school, they are the ones that seperate themselfs fromt he the reast of the theater kids, aka the actors, they also but themself above the actors. Were as the techie he said was one that made tech a fun thing for the actors that had to do tech hourse, someone that viewed the actors as important as he was, that mingled with everyone and just made stuff fun fore anyone, not using big tech words, or confusing acronyms. so i like to be the person that makes tech fun for the people that have to do it.
Calling a professional stagehand a techie is a sure way to aciidently be run over by a road case. Same with roadie. The vast majority of professionals consider these terms derogatory. So while your in school enjoy the term, but if you aspire to anything greater, remove it from your vocabulary. We don't call them acties, now do we?
Upon further consideration, you're night. Not so much derogatory, as amatéure--one who loves.I'm not sure if I'd go so far as to call Techie a derogatory term. I'm simply no longer used to hearing the word when people describe what I do.
Truly professional behavior.No matter what you get called, its still better than just being walked through by cast as if you don't exist. In my job i can get back at them as im normally the one doing their radio mics which need to be done by a certain time so if they piss me off my red bull can is going to take a touch longer to drink .
They only make the mistake once
Why don't we start calling them acties?
I've had actors refer to themselves as sheep, so I kinda took up the habit.
Technician is better. Somewhere on her I saw spotties referring to spot ops and that's just SO WRONG! Just because we're in High School doesn't mean we have to act like it.
Hear that 'dip? You're a spottie.
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