personman23 said: Well yeah, of course they're cheering. You can't steal skill...and Alice is giving out candy.
Can't win against that, cept to give out more candy.
You may be facetious here, but I think the point is that the kids are cheering on a fairly standard marionette show, when it's partly staffed by dolls animated by magic.
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