Very good point... But when he looks fantastic in so many colors, why pick that one? I think I need to go do the SG-1 wardrobe. Of course, then he wouldn't really be wearing much, so I'd probably work myself out of a job ;-)
But when he looks fantastic in so many colors, why pick that one?
Dude. Because he's color-blind. But he doesn't usually make such egregious mistakes. You'd think somebody would have been honest with him about that sweater. Although, I know I heard him comment at some point that he *likes* orange because he can *see* it. Kind of. (I think that calling that sweater "orange" is a stretch, but hey...) Although, how does he know that he can see it? Or, how does he know that what he sees when he looks at something orange is what the rest of us see? I've always wondered that about color-blind people. Well, apparently, whatever it is he sees when he looks at this color makes him happy. Which is a bit freaky and disconcerting, but hey, there you go.
Oh I knew he was color-blind, but I guess I assumed that there was a wardrobe person who made those decisions? I didn't know they got to pick their own stuff on a regular basis, but I know absolutely nothing about that sort of thing! And I guess if that color makes him happy, then that's good at least. I'm just going to imagine him not wearing it :-)
I dunno; I can't tell, with SG-1. I mean, you're correct, there *is* a wardrobe person, and what they wear as civvies while in character isn't necessarily just what the actors would wear. So I've often wondered who makes the various decisions about civvies -- and how much input the actors get.
There was a recent comment from Chris Judge that for civvies-wear for Teal'c, the wardrobe person took him out shopping with her. Presumably, to try things on him, but it also sounded from his comments like he got a bit of input into what was chosen. But he's also made comments that some of the wacky stuff they've chosen for Teal'c has been on the wacky side on purpose, so it's not exactly "Chris Judge daywear".
I'm also remembering that in the RDA video diary, there's a bit at the end where he's sitting in his trailer in street clothes (which are not a costume for any ep that he was shooting around that time, since the video diary was made during the shooting of "Paradise Lost"), and I'm 95% certain that the blue shirt he's wearing is the same one that he wore as Jack at the end of "Absolute Power". Either that, or it's awfully similar, and gives evidence at least that stuff he wears as civvies for Jack is about the same as stuff that RDA chooses to wear anyway.
I kind of have to believe that, just because -- he went through that period where he was wearing all those extremely soupy shirts and cargo pants ("Chain Reaction", "Absolute Power", etc.), and I can't imagine the wardrobe person, given free rein, *choosing* to dress him in stuff that looked 2 sizes too big. Similarly, with this sweater -- I can forgive it, if I pretend that it was due to an unfortunate genetic defect that's out of his control. :)
Thanks for all that info!!! The only bit I ever knew about wardrobe stuff was that AT wore her own dress in Chimera, so it makes sense that they get to wear their own clothes and/or have influence over what gets chosen for them at least sometimes.
And if there was a wardrobe person who liked the idea of Jack wearing baggy clothes where you can't see his body definition clearly, well, then I'm going back to my original point that they should be fired!
I'm going with the theory that it's further proof of RDA's color-blindness. The mustard-colored sweater is way up in the runnings for my Least Favorite Jack Civvies Outfit EVER. (The fact that I believe he's paired it with Dockers, Pants for the Bigger-Butted Man, does not *HELP*. Does your butt look big in that, Jack? Unfortunately yes; everybody's does, it's just a fact of life.)
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Date: 2004-10-04 09:01 pm (UTC)Dude. Because he's color-blind. But he doesn't usually make such egregious mistakes. You'd think somebody would have been honest with him about that sweater. Although, I know I heard him comment at some point that he *likes* orange because he can *see* it. Kind of. (I think that calling that sweater "orange" is a stretch, but hey...) Although, how does he know that he can see it? Or, how does he know that what he sees when he looks at something orange is what the rest of us see? I've always wondered that about color-blind people. Well, apparently, whatever it is he sees when he looks at this color makes him happy. Which is a bit freaky and disconcerting, but hey, there you go.
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Date: 2004-10-05 06:58 am (UTC)There was a recent comment from Chris Judge that for civvies-wear for Teal'c, the wardrobe person took him out shopping with her. Presumably, to try things on him, but it also sounded from his comments like he got a bit of input into what was chosen. But he's also made comments that some of the wacky stuff they've chosen for Teal'c has been on the wacky side on purpose, so it's not exactly "Chris Judge daywear".
I'm also remembering that in the RDA video diary, there's a bit at the end where he's sitting in his trailer in street clothes (which are not a costume for any ep that he was shooting around that time, since the video diary was made during the shooting of "Paradise Lost"), and I'm 95% certain that the blue shirt he's wearing is the same one that he wore as Jack at the end of "Absolute Power". Either that, or it's awfully similar, and gives evidence at least that stuff he wears as civvies for Jack is about the same as stuff that RDA chooses to wear anyway.
I kind of have to believe that, just because -- he went through that period where he was wearing all those extremely soupy shirts and cargo pants ("Chain Reaction", "Absolute Power", etc.), and I can't imagine the wardrobe person, given free rein, *choosing* to dress him in stuff that looked 2 sizes too big. Similarly, with this sweater -- I can forgive it, if I pretend that it was due to an unfortunate genetic defect that's out of his control. :)
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Date: 2004-10-05 07:04 am (UTC)And if there was a wardrobe person who liked the idea of Jack wearing baggy clothes where you can't see his body definition clearly, well, then I'm going back to my original point that they should be fired!
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