plays can also be staged to divert attention from something else.
That's why you never let the audience see what's happening behind the curtain.
there's what's behind the curtain and then there's what's going upstairs in the director's office(or across town at some private club room). the bit players, stage hands and tech crew can't be trusted with too much.
Damn, this metaphor is actually great. I think I understand Shakespeare now.
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