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What Theater Can Do that TV Can’t

Julius Ferraro September 30, 2015 No Comments

The success of TV is based on its ability to entertain. Theater must be its own medium. It must say new things, create new forms, eschew entertainment in order to challenge, and let audiences turn on their minds.

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