Just got home from work and read her response. She explained that at the party she went to, her boss informed her that the notion is being discussed and that's all she knows. Not exactly the response I was looking for, but at least the spark has been lit!
"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