In the green room

Green rooms are an odd thing.  Five of us in here, three are silent and reading or on their phones, and two are completely and utterly unable to entertain themselves or handle silence, so they force conversation with each other that doesn't stop for an instant, yet seems completely devoid of any actual connection or interest.  They seem bored out of their minds talking to each other, and one's response bears little to no connection to the other's previous statement, but the silence that would result from their ceasing to speak would be intolerable to both.  So they keep saying words that neither is listening to.  One said, "That TV -- it's in a stand.  The whole thing's a stand.  I see the base of it.  The stand holds the TV in."  The other responded, with an understanding nod, "A long time ago -- many years ago -- I was walking behind a tall guy.  I thought it was some random guy.  And you know what?  It was Christopher Reeve.... Yeah... Christopher Reeve...."

Good listening skills, guys.

I did inadvertently just silence them.  As they were half-complaining about why they had to wear coats for the scene (why does one normally wear a coat?), I, confused by their confusion, looked up from writing about them to pipe up, "Because it's an exterior.  The sides [script pages to be shot that day] said it's outdoors."

One said,  "Oh, really? It's an exterior?"

I replied, "That's what the sides said.  It says 'Exterior'" (blank confused faces from them staring at me) "...So we're wearing coats."

That got a "hmmm"... and silence....  I definitely accidentally put a lid on the random exchange of objectiveless words.... I feel somewhat bad.  Perhaps I squashed their imagining that the scene takes place in a sauna... (one that requires winter garb, of course).

Ooo, one of them just very slowly (as if with the hope that such slow speed might make his action invisible to the naked eye) reached over to the end table next to the couch to pick up the sides.... Perhaps he's wondering if it holds the answer as to why he's in a priest costume, too....