Or ...

You have what I ran into when I had to save a play from portraying
the wrong message with knee bearing men in the Scottish Play.

The costumer they hired wanted to make a statement that was all
their own. They were right and everyone was wrong. Yeah, well spent
(lost) money there. Sigh.

Chiara


On Fri, September 22, 2006 10:53 am, Jennifer Jones said:
> Although, for the most part, the idea that television has not a clue
> to the
> correct portrayal of historical costume (nor do they care)in some
> instances
> it is not their fault - rather the limited budget the independent
> producers
> have to work with.  Not having the money to spend on someone with
> the
> knowledge to get it right, nor on the correct materials to see it
> done
> properly will affect our viewing pleasure.  However the mass
> populous does
> not know the difference.  But, if such programs grabs just one
> person's
> imagination so that that person desires to research more - then a
> possible
> goal has been met.
>
> Guenivere
> (she's lurking everywhere)
>
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