This posed a problem for the theater industry. Since the flame was alive, there was a task dedicated to monitoring the flame during production. Once the flame had burned the wick so low that it became a danger, this person would have to walk in front of the audience and put it out. (Fuchs, 37) Although this was a safety, it ruined the atmosphere of the show. This could happen at any time during a show as a living flame does not wait for the most important scene of a show to finish before someone blocks the audience's view and distracts them from what is happening on stage. (Fuchs, 37) This type of spotlight faded in the theater industry throughout part of the 19th century, when modern high-intensity lights, such as footlights, eliminated the need for a live-flame spotlight. Not to say that the limelight is completely excluded from the theater industry. Modern footlights are used to make high-intensity lighting more natural and to soften actors' features. (“limelight”,