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People want to be dazzled by the spectacle of a feature so grand that they can’t help but be awestruck by the magnificence of its existence.

They will remember the undeniable beauty splayed out in each frame, and how unsettling it felt to know and acknowledge all of that earthly magnificence while being steeped in pure, unfettered despair and fear.

Zehme captures the magnificence of Carson the performer, the quintessential showman, who knew exactly what his audiences wanted, where the boundaries were and how to push them ever so lightly.

And many people open to watching opera but also intimidated by the old-age magnificence of an opera house might be more comfortable starting their journey in a theater free of elitist connotations.

Whether they succeeded is up to the viewer, but there are moments of unexpected beauty — even magnificence — in the visuals.