"Are you trying to make a public spectacle of us?"

We don't get to see whether they've lived their lives being public spectacles.

He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle.

"There is no need at all for this public spectacle," he said.

"You mean what's wrong besides the fact that I've made a public spectacle of myself?"

Now the events, held every five years, have become public spectacles.

So this had to be a public spectacle, did it?

"I've never been the center of a public spectacle before."

"We have to stop the public spectacle and get back to work as a professional organization."

But you can't make the law into a public spectacle.