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en|dis|tance
en|dis|tance «ehn DIHS tuhns», transitive verb, -tanced, -tanc|ing.
to make (an audience) feel distant from the action or characters of a play or motion picture, as by having the actors wear masks or continually shift roles: »

... a deliberate attempt to “endistance” the audience from the subject matter of the film, in a manner to which we may apply…the now overused term “Brechtian” (London Times).


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