soon reflected a working-class mentality. Michael Potts (Brother Mouzone) once stood in the rain during a shoot. An overeager wardrobe assistant asked to hold an umbrella over him. Potts tried refusing her. He felt odd, but finally acquiesced after she insisted several times. Soon, Potts spotted Noble signaling to someone and that person beelining toward him. “Nina says for you to hold your own umbrella,” Potts recalled the crewmember saying. “We don’t do that stuff. That’s LA stuff.” The show stayed away from Hollywood.

