I don't care, it was hilarious! As far as staged with the button pushers, it seemed pretty clear that the action was staged and there was no real danger, I wouldn't have ducked or run for not wanting to miss a bit of the great show on display. They did flinch a bit from time to time. As far as the townsfolk, if you notice there were three different button pushers shown, so they had all seen at least three of these shows that day, perhaps more. They were lining up to get a closer view. But as I said, I don't care, the video was fabulously fun.