Posted here Friday, July 30, 2004 at 9:21:09 AM 
To get out of tired reporting, this is insightful.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/opinion/30deav.html?pagewanted=1&;th
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Show and Tell
By ANNA DEAVERE SMITH
Boston — Between going panel to panel, speech to speech, party to party at the Democratic National Convention this week, I called Kenneth Feld, chief executive of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. "What are your criteria for a terrific act?'' I asked. "How do you make 'The Greatest Show on Earth' "? His answer: You get the audience to ask, "How did you do that?" He offered another, crucial element for creating a riveting show; to deliver the unexpected. This year I am tied, gavel to gavel, to the convention and have come to see the show up close, live and in person.
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