Noun
(performing arts, idiomatic) The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.
(by extension) The boundary between the fiction and the audience.
fourth-wall (plural fourth-walls)
Alternative spelling of fourth wall
fourth-wall
Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. Stephen Sondheim
Although the studio set lacked a "front" wall (the fourth wall ), one was built for occasional use in episodes with certain moments shot from behind the broadcast desk, rather than in front of it as usual. Source: Internet
Already transparent, allowing viewers to peep in on scenes that are absolutely none of their business, the fourth wall can be broken very easily. Source: Internet
He's also been known to break the fourth wall by "communicating" with the audience, either by explaining the situation (e.g. "Be with you in a minute, folks!" Source: Internet
But before it flamed out, it was incredible, about as avant-garde as 1980s network TV could be, regularly breaking the fourth wall and winking at the audience and constantly trying weird and new things. Source: Internet
Enola often breaks the fourth wall to talk to the audience directly, and these filmmaking choices give the audience a look at how Enola thinks and interprets her reality. Source: Internet