Directing
Directing adjective - Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on.
Performing and directing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performing" instead an adjective "Directing".
Performing
Performing noun - The performance of a part or role in a drama.
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Directing and performing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directing" instead an adjective "Performing".
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Lee then moved away from performing to concentrate on directing shows for fellow comedians The Mighty Boosh and Simon Munnery before co-writing and directing the notorious musical Jerry Springer - The Opera which attracted a prosecution for blasphemy.
Source: Creator / Stewart Lee - He returned to directing with the film Cars, which, despite performing weaker and not being as well received as the other Pixar films, still got more good reviews than most other animated films that year and made a truckload of money, particularly through merchandising.
- She's a genuine psychic and more than capable of seeing the future, but Kurt and George Pilo have tasked her with changing the future: her customers are all brainwashed into performing supposedly innocuous activities, directing events towards more desirable futures.
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