When actually engrossed by a play, we are not political adherents, but eavesdroppers; quite as if the marital squabble had progressed to the break point of the husband calling the wife a _____. Imagine if, after he had, there was a pause. Each of us, eavesdropping, would be leaning in, wondering, “Ohmigosh, what will she do/say now?” (In the political pseudodrama—Wokelahoma! if I may—she would respond, “That is an ugly word, are you ignorant of that?”
