the larger spectacle

I personally thought that the larger, weightier spectacle had to do more with the black-out and the rumbling sound than with our actual shadow puppet performances. In fact, I found that the shadow puppets were lost in this show and were anti-climactic. During this entire unit I found myself hoping to actively create a more encompassing shadow performance--something larger, that better used the space and which could actively involve the viewers. So in one sense, yes, the show was successful in that is disrupted the normal atmosphere and forced people into a different state; but it was successful for secondary reasons, and reasons that not all of us were necessarily a part of.