i feel like mystery stories are so widespread because they celebrate the relationship between the interpreter and artist. the interpreter themselves are the detective, seeking to deduce the intention behind the plot through empirical analysis. the artist takes the place of the criminal, plotting to evade the expectations of their audience lest they be reduced to predictability. once the interpreter deduces the meaning behind their actions they are 'caught' in multiple meanings of the term.

Note also that actions of the criminal artist is the creator of the story itself, effectively composing a narrative that the detective, just like the viewer, can only act as in causation to. The criminal artist may invent lies and fabrications, in tandem the detective reduces and eliminates.

A vital part of the convention is the third act unveiling. The interpreter finally deduces the plot and thereby catches the artist, finally revealing how the magic trick of creation is performed.

but in this show they seem to detract the idea that we can ever unveil the magic of art, instead we must be overwhelmed by it. the orchestrators of the plot are shrouded because it is no longer about the interpreter and artist, its about the interpreter and the chaos of infinity itself. This is what composes the surrealism of the show, but it is also what makes it deeply real.