The limelight. The slightly green light of flashing blue bulbs and red carpets and yellow dresses. Colors are additive, so green light is made from ... no pigment is additive, light is subtractive. Hang on, I'm tired. Let me remember my lighting design course...
Cyan which is a bluish and red and ... green? Like red light plus green light makes yellow light? And ... oh my god. I'm too tired to remember. Let's just put a green gel on the light and call it a limelight.
Oh, or is the word derived from, like, using limestone or something in the creation of... no, that doesn't make sense. What the heck in limelight? My brain can't even come up with plausible creative answers to the question.
Anyhow. I'm an actor. I've mentioned that before. It's... boy, it's incredibly hard. Is this truth time? Here, in the limelight? I love the work, but I am sometimes disheartened by the industry.
