shatter

In less than two weeks since being elected again, Donald J. Trump has embarked on a new campaign to shatter the institutions of Washington as no incoming president has in his lifetime.

Don’t ask me why metal melted and double-paned windows shattered but a house made of wood didn’t ignite.

That aspiration shattered overnight when Russia launched its full invasion of Ukraine.

That compact between citizens and government has been broken for a long time, but now, more than ever in recent decades, it is shattered.

It breaks the movie out of the conceit of it actually being a live show, and suddenly you shatter the fourth wall.