An analyst discussing theater revival reviews says that readers often overvalue similarity to the original staging notes. The analyst's own standard is how contemporary performance choices reinterpret the script. That standard matters because a faithful-looking revival can still change meaning through casting and pacing. The passage therefore rejects a purely formal measure in favor of a functional one. The passage also warns that readers should not treat the opening example as the author's final criterion; its purpose is to set up the contrast with how contemporary performance choices reinterpret the script. Review note: On blind review, the student selected the credited answer in under 40 seconds and cited the line about how contemporary performance choices reinterpret the script. Timed notes show that the student overinvested in an earlier question, reached this item with only seconds left, did not return to the passage, and guessed among the remaining choices. The content review produced no new passage lesson, but it did show that the section plan left too little time for execution.