Thanks for your agreement, McGrath.

Here is another analysis for y'all, from JSTOR:

"Propaganda with Design: Environmental Dramaturgy in in the Political Rally". Apparently it is a social study of nature of political rallies, which even comments upon the architectural "staging" of them, including "arena articulation" being designed to "accomplish specific political objectives."

So there.

I'd give you the cut and paste link, but really...