As arundelo notes, it’s a trope. I think it’s meant to evoke the extremely stylized, not at all realistic nature of the art form… that is, it’s not that the audience is being tricked into thinking something is going on, it’s that the audience is willingly going along with the story being told.
As arundelo notes, it’s a trope.
I think it’s meant to evoke the extremely stylized, not at all realistic nature of the art form… that is, it’s not that the audience is being tricked into thinking something is going on, it’s that the audience is willingly going along with the story being told.