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 | | For the stage play, part of the audiences pleasure in a fine production is the mere fact that everyone remembered their lines, that scenery was moved correctly and in a timely manner, and that the snow machine called for in act three didnt suddenly roar to life during act two. |
 | | Aside from forgetting their intended patter, a stage magician is inviting an audience to try to pierce the veil of his illusion, see the aces up his sleeve, in order that his triumph may be the greater when that proves impossible. |
 | | Stage plays are often designed and produced with a spectrum of special effects, set and lighting changes, and extravagant costumes in mind, in order to better approximate the richness available to a movie or television show which has hours of time between camera shots to change locations, don costumes and makeup, or prepare effects. |
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