Kane from the Amazing Digital Circus is dead and gone.

But his life was a tragic one, and now we have to pick up the pieces of what's left.

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Welcome to Film Theory.

Now that we've gotten a chance to digest everything that's happened with the Amazing Digital

Circus, Episode 8, I wanted to sit down and have a proper look at what's happened, right?

Like, did you hear that Episode 9 is going to be twice as long as episode 8, I wanted to sit down and have a proper look at what's happened, right? Like, did you hear that episode 9 is going to be twice as long as episode 8? And they're actually

releasing it in theaters? Yeah, Glitch teamed up with some theater chains throughout North

America to release both episode 8 and 9 together as The Amazing Digital Circus, The Last

Act. Tickets actually sold out, like, immediately, and I managed to snag some.

Expect a theory about that episode as soon as we can make one.

And it's been such a hit that they're already adding more theaters in more countries.

Now, in most situations, this would be an unequivocal win for both glitch and independent animation.

I mean, independent creators as a whole, really.

Both this and Iron Lung are proving that there's real interest in creative ideas from anywhere,

especially from indie artists.

You did that and you should be proud.

But this has also come with a big asterisk.

A lot of the digital circus community are upset that this is releasing two weeks before the YouTube upload drops.

So for a couple of weeks, there are going to be spoilers and pirating clips filmed in the theaters out in the wild

before everyone is going to have a chance to see this finale.

There are a lot of fans who either missed getting one of those limited tickets, live in rural areas that are nowhere near a participating theater,

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