Chookas!
Thu, 21 June 2001, 07:41 amali22 posts in thread
Chookas!
Thu, 21 June 2001, 07:41 amI was at work last night (we had our first preview) and everyone was running around with the normal ritual of saying "chookas".
It suddenly occurred to me, where on earth did this saying come from? We all have theories on "Break a leg" but I've never heard one for "chookas".
Any guesses?
By the way, has anyone heard anyone use "Break a leg" lately? All I've heard for the last few years is "chookas"...
It suddenly occurred to me, where on earth did this saying come from? We all have theories on "Break a leg" but I've never heard one for "chookas".
Any guesses?
By the way, has anyone heard anyone use "Break a leg" lately? All I've heard for the last few years is "chookas"...
RE: Chookas! Superstition
Sat, 23 June 2001, 09:30 pmWalter Plinge
This was so funny to read, but yeah, is the theater industry riddle with superstitions or what? I have to plead clueless on the whole Chookas thing, - fun word though. But over the years some of the people I have worked with, and how paranoid they are is laughable.
But like the whistling backstage, know I understand when that was a cue, they didn't like it. But I'm yet to venture into a theater that uses that, now aday.
The really bizarre one, not to mention unhygienic was the putting shoes on the dressing table back stage. And the many remedies to lift the curse of the Scottish Play, they seem very varied. But that one scares me.
Anyone else know of any other, would love to hear about them.
But like the whistling backstage, know I understand when that was a cue, they didn't like it. But I'm yet to venture into a theater that uses that, now aday.
The really bizarre one, not to mention unhygienic was the putting shoes on the dressing table back stage. And the many remedies to lift the curse of the Scottish Play, they seem very varied. But that one scares me.
Anyone else know of any other, would love to hear about them.
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