Deep in the nature of theatre is a sense of ritual. The cinema, by contrast, transports its audience individually, singly, out of the theatre towards the unknown. The Miss America contest is . . . The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
Every country gets the circus it deserves.
Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience. All television is children's television.