Fun Facts and Trivia Part Two: Episodes 4-6

Patrons at the Art Gallery are all silhouettes from famous paintings. See how many you can guess – it’s FUN! (well, your idea of fun and mine may differ)
 
Rats: The black rat, also known as the ship rat, Alexandrine rat, Old English rat (sound familiar?) and roof rat is quite distinct from the more familiar Norwegian or brown rat. They are arboreal (therefore often nested in the ship’s rigging), are predominantly nocturnal and quite social (sound familiar?). One of their favoured foods is coffee beans (sound familiar?). So, yes, the ladies are basically caffeinated party rats, but Eldritch caffeinated party rats. 

Weird Sisters from “Macbeth” (err...I mean “the Scottish Play”) are pretty interesting characters. Pre-Shakespeare they were considered to be elven-folk, nymphs or fairies of the woods, eerie and mysterious. They were originally described by Will as “weyward” sisters, as in supernatural or strange. The “weird” bit comes from an earlier meaning than the one we use; “wyrd”: fate or destiny.

Area 5.1 TV Show; an obvious tip-of-the-hat to an amazing vintage TV show and an infamous site in Nevada, the “5.1” refers to Hamlet, Act 5, scene 1, in which Yorick achieves stardom. Channel 5.1 from Elsinore TV also refers to this. [this was originally posted in the first installment accidentally!]
  
The Freckled Moon Goddess: In so many Sword & Sorcery tales gods and goddesses meddle in the hero or heroine’s destiny that it is, indeed, a breath of fresh air to encounter a goddess who does nothing but float gently across the night sky humming a tune to herself.

 The Coffee Order: Just hope you’re never in line behind that one....

Nautical Times: For those of you who, like me, need to know all of the minutiae, here is the issue featured in the film for your perusal: