How similar or different is cinema from theatre

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First of all, i would like to share on how similar is cinema from theatre. Cinema and theatre can be both for the purpose of entertaining as we have movies (in the cinema) and plays (in the theatre) which play the role in entertaining. Next, cinema and theatre can also educate depending on the movies or plays. Certain movies and plays educate and at the same time, some do not. However, both movies and plays do not educate people in a direct manner but it educate indirectly. Another obvious similarity of cinema and theatre is that both of them have audience. Audience plays a big part in both the cinema and theatre. Without audience, it will be pointless of having a cinema and a theatre as cinema and theatre are meant to entertain, educate in a certain way and bring people together who share the same interest.

However, cinema can be different from theatre in a certain way too. The obvious difference of the cinema to theatre is that cinema does not perform live performances but theatre does. Cinema is also different in a way that it presents movies to people whereas theatre presents plays.

Although cinema and theatre are quite similar to each other, they are also in a way different too.