Why do fictional fast food restaurants on TV and in movies always have their employees wear flamboyant clothing, I've never seen such in real life?
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You mean to tell me you have never seen the "Wiener Dude" at the mall? You need to get out more. When a 7ft tall wienie tries to give you a mini corn dog...you will know what kind of man you have become. You must not live in your "happy place" but you must learn to visit it at will. Thier are 7ft wieners in my happy place and all the corn dogs you could ever want....wait a minute... that didn't come out right... um... never mind
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I think the clothing is intentionally designed that way because some images do not translate well on screen compared to real life. For example, some film will cause milk to look blue, so where feasible, glue or a similar substitute is used. If it has to be digested, then a different liquid is used. On Star Trek, one actor had to drink molasses as a substitute for ale. Where snow is almost impossible to see on film, soap or similar debris elements are substituted. It's just the strange nature of film following processing. FX artists have to be familiar with this because what make up might look normal directly in front of them doesn't usually look the same after processing. Colors change. These are substitutes for more superficial elements. The clothing in this case is more of a psychological element and thus should say to the audience that the people are wait staff without much guesswork -- to keep the focus on the story. There is a fine balance in these things, and some directors are better at it than others.
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