Fourth wall identifier

While listening to Hamilton last week, Charlie pointed out the moments when the show breaks the fourth wall and specifically addresses the audience and its existence, as well as when the  show “stays inside itself.”

He also expressed his approval of these particular artistic choices.

I express support for Charlie’s constant desire to analyze the underpinnings of every movie, television show, musical, and song. As someone who once wrote to Steven Speilberg at age 11 to complain about a scene in “E.T.the Extra-Terrestrial” and offer my services to fix the “one or two stupid things” he does in every movie, it’s been thrilling to watch my son grow equally obsessed with the things he’s listening to and watching.

It’s joyous to have someone in my life who is relentlessly willing to examine the plumbing while still enjoying the art, too.