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Anything that begs to be watched, from Broadway to the audacity of someone's behavior.
means A performance, display, or exhibition presented for an audience to see and react to.
from From Old English sceawian, meaning to look at or behold — originally about the seeing, not the showing, until the watched stole the spotlight.
Flip sideOnce meant to see, now means to display.
Idiom factoryShows can be run, stolen, or stopped.
Tonal rangeTheater triumph to passive-aggressive eye-roll.