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 The discussion is ongoing in [http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6806048934/m/1701011315 Succeeding in the Performing Arts: Being There -- It's Showtime!]
+== Larger Than Life ==
+Ken-at-Bose<ref>[http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums?a=tpc&f=6806048934&m=9781009415&r=9781009415#9781009415 Ken-at-Bose Larger Than Life]</ref>
+Sometimes, when we see a performer backstage or in the wings, they look "larger than life" or even a little garish. The makeup may look overdone, or the clothing too, well, big.
+But there's a long tradition in the performing arts of compensating for the emptiness of the stage and distance of the audience by exaggerating wardrobe, makeup, hair, etc.
+We know a performer who has special shoes for playing. He's a frontman. And the shoes are BIG -- way too big for his feat. And yet, when you see him on stage, everything's in proportion. He takes the shoes off after the show and would never wear them to drinks or dinner. They'd stand out as odd.
+Ken