Hogfather

Pamela wrote:
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One quibble, I'm afraid, and it's a whopper.

Why did Blak Yak get a gorilla to play the Librarian? When you work in a Zoo with orangs and you're sitting with an orang expert who introduced Terry Pratchett to our lot when he was in Perth a few years ago, you notice these things. Was Hsing Hsing's agent demanding too much money?



Blak Yak's Librarian is certainly not a gorilla, but strictly speaking (you're right) he's not an orang either. When he was made - back in 1997 - Geraldine and I did the best that we could, being of a dress-making persuasion, rather than animal-facsimile-creators. The fur is too dark for an orang and not long enough either, but that is all that was available (and in our price range) back then.

We did have an opportunity to hire an orang suit from one of the fancy dress places round Perth - but that one doubled as a wookie - so we would've been in the same boat.

Anyway - he serves a purpose. And he's cute. And the actor loses a lot of weight during a season, by sweating it off.....

As with all Pratchetts, whether they be books or shows, you need to suspend your belief in a lot of things. We were just hoping like crazy that we would never get an expert in the audience that would notice!

And Hsing-Hsing's agent wouldn't return our call. :(

If you have any suggestions on how to turn our hairy suit into something that looks a lot more like an orang, (the sort of orang that would pass muster) please email me and let me know. All ideas will be listened to.

LouiseCC

(God! Do you think that means someone has noticed that DEATH is not really a skellington?)