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This reminds me of the Van Halen story where they were seen as divas for their demand there were no brown M&M’s in the backstage area of their gigs.

But it was apparently used more as a safety check test - with a show using tons of equipment and many pyrotechnics the presence of brown M&Ms indicated their instructions were not followed and everything needed to be diligently checked.

https://www.safetydimensions.com.au/van-halen/

@hennell @codinghorror Yup -- that's exactly why they did it. If there were brown M&Ms in the dressing room (or no M&Ms at all -- or Reeses Pieces), there was no telling what else was wrong in the venue setup.

Another example -- the bogus scene that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck put into their Good Will Hunting screen play.

Details matter.