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"Its name comes
from the ancient city renowned for its great luxury. The club Babylon is
also a mythical place where people are forever young, bodies are perfect,
and sex is free for almost anyone who enters. To capture this gay Shangri-la,
the production team moved from locations around Toronto and finally into
their own soundstage to re-create a world of luxury and pleasure.
Before production
began on the second season, a conversation took place about building the
club in the studio. However, that studio space was already incredibly tight.
But once production designer Ingrid Jurek came up with a plan to make the
new set fit into the existing space, it was agreed that Babylon would become
a permanent set and the design team could get to work. "The preliminary
designs were more clubby," Ingrid explains. "But then Ron and Dan reminded
us that this is Pittsburgh, so they wanted it to be more on the industrial
side. That's why it ended up essentially being a concrete and steel box...with
some chains."
Considering the aforementioned lack of studio space, it helps to have a set that's basically a big empty room that can easily be reconfigured. The side walls were moved back for the Carnal Carnivale in the third season, and the space was enlarged for the party celebrating the release of issue number on of Rage at the end of season two. Depending on the requirements of the schedule, other sets for smaller scenes have actually been built within the walls of Babylon, bringing true meaning to the phrase "form follows function." [taken from
"Queer As Folk: The Book" by Paul Ruditis]
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