Too much Sturm und Drang, especially if a film is cut quickly and has strobing and a pounding soundtrack, is liable to make spectators feel very queasy.
It's child's play to score off idiots -- they don't play much defense -- but one-sided games tend to make spectators head for the exits early.
It's all meant to make spectators feel at home, as if the city fits them "like an old coat," according to the old Dutch expression.
Such batsmen can also make spectators blink their eyes and wonder: "Did I really just see that?" Witness Mr Pietersen's "flamingo shot"—an imperious, one-legged whip through midwicket, or his "switch hit", in which he spins round while the ball is in flight, to turn himself into a left-handed batsmen.Kevin Pietersen is breathtaking.
The recent tax-fraud trial of the husband of Westchester's district attorney featured a virtual tour of the couple's spectacular house, with enough photos of the swimming pool and living room to make spectators wonder whether they had stepped into the pages of Architectural Digest.
Even in pre-digital theatre, some authors thought about making spectators part of the spectacle.
When the choreographer Ann Carlson presented "Night Light" on Thursday night, she made spectators move and performers stand still.
He took off his shirt, which made spectators start wolf-whistling, and put on a fresh one.
Mr. Combs firmly denied having a gun or offering Mr. Fenderson money or a diamond ring if he would claim the gun as his own, as the prosecution has argued, and made spectators laugh as he described a desperate call on a pay phone, while handcuffed to a station house bench, to find a lawyer at 3 a.m. during the Christmas break.
For example, the Mother and Child Manatee that was part of the 'Paper Trails' exhibition at Jai & Jai Gallery; these are massive paper sculptures that hung from the ceiling of the gallery space that made spectators feel tiny in comparison.
