In honor of all hardworking, ballbusting P.A.'s whom without the film and video industry would crumble. They are the unsung warriors of film sets, the psychics of the walkie talkies, the krazy glue of "Jenga-like" productions, samurais of lockdowns, peacekeepers with lunch orders... for these and the many more thankless efforts that P.A.'s tackle on a daily basis, I salute you my friends. P.A. proudly!

TO P.A. OR NOT TO P.A., THAT IS THE QUESTION

TO P.A. OR NOT TO P.A., that is the question;

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous directors,

Or to take arms against no overtime pay or meal penalties,

And by opposing, end them. To PA = to sleep no more,

First on set and last to go,

May we end

The heartache and the thousand natural shocks

That ‘PAing' is heir to - 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To P.A., or to sleep;

Yet when ‘PAing', perchance to dream.

Ay, there's the constant naggin' over the walkie talkie,

But in the quiet moments what dreams may come,

When we have shuffled off this intrusive earpiece,

Must give us pause. There's the respect

That makes film productions of so long life,

For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud producer's contumely,

The pangs of despised errands, the lunch order's delay,

The insolence of sloppy call sheets, and the spurns

That patient merit of th'unworthy take, after take, after take...

When he himself might his quietus make

With a bare slate? who would fardels bear,

To grunt and sweat under a weary gig,

But that the dread of something after ‘PAing',

The undiscovered film jobs from whose bourn

No P.A. returns, puzzles the will,

And makes us rather bear those ills we have

Than fly to others that we know not of?

Thus conscience does make WARRIORS of us all,

And thus the native hue of resolution

Is sicklied o'er with the pale thought of a promotion,

And enterprises of great pitch and moment

With this regard their scripts turn awry,

Yet may we never lose the sound of when they call: "ACTION!"