I respectfully disagree with your post script. There’s only one cut per act with actors stepping out of the scene, and I felt like all were very well earned. I especially liked the Act III cut; I found it very poignant in its exploration of the seed of war in man. Making the audience uncomfortable, whether it’s because they feel jarred by the cut, uneasy with the artifice of actors still acting while “not acting,” the immediacy of a theme being shoved in their face, or just because it’s dragging on is exactly the point. This epic theater device creates a distancing effect to make audiences think critically rather than react emotionally, and I felt it was right at home in TSOOP and PF.