Emcee, it's sad that people feel a need to attack rather than contribute to a friendly conversation/debate. Since when can't opinions be opinions? The need to "defend" always changes the topics of threads here and the intended topic is ignored.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle