Thepaperevaluatesthehypotheticalpremiseforscrutinizingextensiveurbanareas as structures, systems, and on-screen charactersystems. In thefirstplace, Sassen’s and McKenzie’s ideasforworldwideurban summon are nearlyanalyzed to uncover, in addition to everything else, their inborndisagreement. Thisdisclosure is of principalvitalitybecauseebbandflowexamination is undertakingspace on thepresumption of their similarity. Second, wemove past a study of structuresandsystems to uncovertheissue with re-conceptualizing urbanareas as performingartistsystems. […]