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The 40 Greatest Nightly Moments of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
From the secret songs to the 'Tortured Poets' segment to the friendship bracelets, here are 40 things we loved about Taylor Swift's tour every night.
OK, let’s take a survey: Before the “Eras Tour” book came out, how many fans realized this is what is transpiring towad the end of “Mastermind”: “We recreate a chessboard, and when I signal the dancers to move to different spots on the board, they actually create the exact sequence for a checkmate.” People with floor seats could be forgiven for missing it; the rest of us who didn’t catch it obviously won’t be accused of being brainiacs. The uber-elongated dining room table is probably directly inspired by Orson Welles’ use of a similar prop for a pre-separation scene in “Citizen Kane,” but in this case, the neglected wife doesn’t sit silently at her end — she crawls across it on hands and knees to pour out her anguish and anger. But the fact that Swift chose this ‘60s pop single as her introductory music has even deeper impact for older fans who recognize it as a sort of proto-feminist classic… and who understand that the superstar is aware of her lineage among the female artists of history and the intergenerational aspirations she’s fulfilling.
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