So is David Rockwell's projection-dominated set, which gives the show an air of tension that sometimes fools you into thinking that it's better than it is.
The gesturing from the ground had all but stopped from the security team but tension was in the air, a sense perhaps that there would be a main event to follow the balcony cameos.
Adobe's been trying to get Flash on the iPhone with zero success since Steve Jobs first held the thing in the air in 2007, and it looks like the tension is only going to grow as the iPhone OS moves onto the iPad.
And he said there was "clear tension" between the findings of the Competition Commission and government policy as set out in the 2003 Air Transport White Paper.