The speech leaves the audience pretty much where it walked in.
Those guys are always great parts because you leave the audience guessing about what side he's really on.
It leaves the audience chuckling with the memory of how serious everything used to be.
Then, the segment ends, leaving the audience thinking about the choices and the outcome.
According to Rutherford, this leaves the audience wondering "what has gone wrong?"
He prides himself on being able to argue all sides, leaving the audience to judge.
The climactic twist at the end will leave audiences with the very same question.
Chekhov left the audience and spent the last two acts behind the scenes.
The Maniac then leaves the audience to decide what ending is best.
His eyes never left the audience, as if they had not yet been able to communicate its size to his brain.