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3. There are many things that a movie can do that a stage performance can't. Movies contains many visual and special effects that cannot be mimicked by a stage performance because it's simply not possible to be reproduced. For example in Macbeth the ghost of Banquo that haunts Macbeth could be easily reproduced by special effects, but in a stage performance it would a lot harder to reproduce the visual of a ghost simply because it's not possible to do so.

Movies also have an advantage over stage performances because of the availability and flexibility of them. They can be shown at other theaters around the world or just be reproduced as DVD's that will be made available to the public. This way families don't have to travel all the way to

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