Vallone has an apocalyptic vision in which the average fan will lose visceral contact with the players, and the passion for sport will die.

Singing as a mezzo-soprano, Miss Verrett can still make visceral contact with her listeners, and in a way that Miss Sweet, for all her promise, has not yet learned to do.

She prayed it roused awareness in him, for the visceral contact did irrepressible things to her pulse.

But this retelling of African-American history through tap dance continues to make visceral contact with its audience in a way few musicals do (2:00).