A new Fox TV series is putting domino 'artists' to the test
To DeMond Nason,42, and other adult aficionados, it is anything but that.
“I fell in love with the artistry of it,” Nason says. “It’s like medication because you’re focused on stacking them and making sure they don’t fall.” But the goal, of course, is to make sure theyHe has learned not to wear baggy pants or shirts with cuffs which could catch on a domino and prematurely send an elaborate layout down the path to destruction. “You have to wear tight clothing,” he cautions.
Another participant with strong San Diego ties is Danica McKellar, one of the three judges. The La Jolla native became a household fixture in her TV role as Winnie Cooper in “The Wonder Years” and later in the Hallmark movies. “I grew up watching ‘The Wonder Years,’” Nason says, adding that walking on the stage with Winnie Cooper was a thrill. He, too, has acting experience, having left San Diego to go to the Boston Conservatory and move on to Brooklyn to sing and act in some touring Broadway shows and Off Broadway productions.During the “Domino Masters” series, contestants are assigned a building theme and given kinetic devices to incorporate in the design and trigger the chain reaction domino collapse.