Notre Dame's final game of the regular season - against Boston College here on Saturday - has become the equivalent of a semifinal stage of a single-elimination tournament for a national championship.

For the Mavericks, Mr. Cook has created the aural equivalent of a bare, spotlit stage as a stark showcase for Mr. Malo's keening voice.

So the "solution" is to offer three alternatives on the equivalent of a creaky revolving stage, nicely placating internal stakeholders but doing very little for the true audience, your external audience of millions of users.

The ensemble cast does an outstanding job on the cinematic equivalent of a bare stage.