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On stage, he re-enacted the storyline, starting at an office desk, before escaping into a colourful and surreal vista of circuitboards and robotic dancers.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Similar clips of costumed moviegoers transforming theaters into discothèques spread across Instagram and TikTok as Jackson fans turned out in force to see parts of the star’s life re-enacted on the big screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But something about the unnerving intelligence of Glazer’s conception, the obsessive intensity with which he has excavated and re-enacted this chapter of history, resists the usual bromides about finding the universal in the specific.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

If the city’s Measure 2 won, the ordinance would have been repealed and then re-enacted.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The mother held up her hands and re-enacted the scene.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez