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I contend--and always will--that theatre is a more interactive medium than film. There's an energy that passes between the audience and the actors that just can't happen on film. If you've ever been onstage or backstage or in the booth or anywhere related to the show, you'll know that the actors respond to the audience, and it makes the show come alive in ways that it never can in rehearsal.

There is, however, a sense of interactivity within a film audience, especially if it's a full theatre, and especially when everyone's seeing it for the first time. There's something about feeding off the reactions of everyone around you that gives you the freedom to laugh a little louder, sigh a little deeper, groan a little harder. The freedom of anonymity within the group, yet the allowance to make your voice heard, is a powerfully addictive sensation.

And that, to me, makes going to see a movie in a first-run theatre worth the $10. That's the bigger draw than the big screen or the amazing sound. I feed off the people around me (except when they talk and make inane and unnecessary comments throughout the movie... "Oh! He just figured out that..."--ya think? We all got it!), and responding to and with them makes the movie come alive for me, just a little bit more.

And speaking of which, I saw the trailer for "Rent" tonight. I can't wait for that to come out! Yep. I cried during the trailer, for goodness' sake. That and "Narnia" are my movies to look forward to for this pre-Christmas season.
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