Vaudeville was entirely eradicated by the birth of cinema

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For decades, traveling variety shows featuring plate spinners, singers, and comedians were the absolute peak of local entertainment. Then some inventors figured out how to project moving photographs onto a wall, instantly rendering thousands of live performers permanently unemployed practically overnight.

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