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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "For Saturday night's 'Heart for Congo' benefit -- supporting a grassroots education project in the struggling central African country -- the traditional Congolese dance and drum troupe was on the floor among the people.
I'm tempted to restrict my comment to, "Fuck the Fourth Wall," and leave it at that. I'm always intrigued and always want to support performance that physically engages or otherwise involves its audience. In an era of entertainment where it's natural to get up during commercials and/or talk to whomever during a movie a form of live performance that reminds everyone, "You're not at home, you're here and you need to pay attention" is completely awesome in my book.
I'm tempted to restrict my comment to, "Fuck the Fourth Wall," and leave it at that. I'm always intrigued and always want to support performance that physically engages or otherwise involves its audience. In an era of entertainment where it's natural to get up during commercials and/or talk to whomever during a movie a form of live performance that reminds everyone, "You're not at home, you're here and you need to pay attention" is completely awesome in my book.
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