WITHIN THE FILM MEMORABELIA UNIVERSE THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF COLLECTIBLES.PROPS AND WARDROBE.THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENCES,SO LET'S GO THRU THEM.

   PROPS ARE ANYTHING NOT WORN BY AN ACTOR.THESE CAN BE HEROS HELD OR USED BY ACTORS,STUNTS,BACKGROUND,SET PIECES,AND EVEN CHARACTERS THEMSELVES.WARDROBE IS ANYTHING WORN BY AN ACTOR.SOME CAN BE ALL OF THE ABOVE IN THE SAME FILM,OR EVEN THE SAME SCENE!THIS CAN BE VERY CONFUSING SO LET'S COVER A FEW BASES HERE.

   AS A GENERIC EXAMPLE,LET'S USE A COMMON HAT FOR REFERENCE.THE ACTORS WALK INTO A ROOM AND START DIALOGUE.BEHIND THEM IS A COAT RACK WITH SAID HAT ON IT.IN THAT SCENARIO THE HAT IS A SET,OR BACKGROUND DECOR.THEN THE ACTOR GRABS THE HAT,HOLDING IT IN HIS HAND WHILST THEY TALK.IT THEN BECOMES WHAT IS CALLED A FOREGROUND,OR HERO PROP.WHEN THE ACTOR LEAVES THE ROOM,PLACING SAID HAT ON HIS HEAD.IT THEN,AND ONLY THEN BECOMES WARDROBE.AFTER LEAVING THE ROOM,THE HAT COMES TO LIFE AND CHEWS THE MANS HEAD OFF.IT THEN BECOMES AN ACTOR!

   DID YOU GET ALL THAT?HERE'S ANOTHER ANALOGY.AN ACTOR HOLDS A PIE IN HIS HAND.THERE IT IS A PROP.THAT ACTOR THEN THROWS THAT PIE IN ANOTHER ACTORS FACE.ONCE THE TIN HAS FALLEN AWAY AND THE CREAM COVERS THE FACE,IT BECOMES WARDOBE!

   THE BIG DEBATE IS PROPS VS WARDOBE.MOST WOULD CATAGORIZE COLLECTING WARDOBE AS AN EFEMINATE TRAIT,BECAUSE THEY RELEVATE WARDROBE TO DRESSES,BUT I DISAGREE.FOR INSTANCE,A DARTH VADER COSTUME,FREDDY SHIRT,JASON HOCKEY MASK,ETC.

   WHICH BRINGS US BACK AROUND TO THE DILEMMA OF WHAT IS WARDOBE?