: Psychological literature sometimes uses theatrical metaphors to describe high-control groups (cults), where victims are treated as "actors" in a leader's personal production. 2. Entertainment & Performance Theatre of the Mind - Creativity Workshop
To understand MCT, one must look past traditional acting. Standard theatre uses empathy; Mind Control Theatre uses .
Proponents argue that all theatre is mind control. Shakespeare used iambic pentameter (a hypnotic rhythm) to entrance the groundlings. Religion uses cathedrals (theatre architecture) and chanting (mantra) to induce awe. MCT is merely the honest, stripped-down version of what has always occurred. As performance artist Marina Abramović once noted, "The audience is the power source. The performer is just the director of that energy."