But The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is deceptive: it's a small thing in a big package, a nuanced
work carefully buried under
aerial stunts, exploding volcanos and perilously high mountaintops.
Works have been created alluding to traditional circus acts like acrobatics,
aerial acts with trapeze, juggling, daredevil
stunts like human cannonball, fire eating and magic shows, the performance of strongmen, tightrope walkers, animal tamers, stilt walkers, clowns, unicyclers and pantomimes.