I don't think it had ever even occurred to me before that theater could have things go wrong (you mean it's not perfect and identical every time? this despite the fact that I'd done a few plays in high school) until I saw If/Then with Idina Menzel. One of the other actresses flubbed a line (called her the wrong name), and before I even realized what had happened, Idina Menzel turned to the audience and said something like "Actors make mistakes sometimes, we're going to do that again" and they started the scene again (the actress's line had been the first line). The audience cheered and it felt kind of fun to have been in the audience when someone had made a mistake because it made it feel special.
But I can't standing watching Olympic figure skating sometimes because of the thing you mentioned - I feel like I spend most of the routine being very tense and stressed for the figure-skater and worried they will fall.
And I'm the exact opposite - I might feel tense for a skater or other athlete, but the fact that they could fall/fail is built in, whereas with theater, I'm like, "it's supposed to go a certain way! And if it doesn't, SO AWKWARD! EEP!" *hands*
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But I can't standing watching Olympic figure skating sometimes because of the thing you mentioned - I feel like I spend most of the routine being very tense and stressed for the figure-skater and worried they will fall.
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