| The conditions were abysmal, as they often are for opening acts: the houselights were up, the crowd was alternately inattentive and hostile. |
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| The opening act — a lapsed Republican, a retired admiral, a motley crew of governors — had come and gone, the houselights in the Pepsi Center had dimmed, and the introductory film unspooled. |
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| The houselights flash and then darken like the lights of a subway car. |
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| After about ten minutes, the houselights went up. |
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| The houselights were dimmed as the curtain went up for the start of the play. |
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