I like the idea the the flashlight actually powered Jacob up, like Sabathius said. It was wierd that the lantern crashed to the floor and set the place on fire, but when John ran outside no fire (like xcrunner said) but also Ben re-hung the lantern completely intact back up on the hook outside the shack, not broken. The Wizard of Oz was just smoke, fire plumes, holograms, and an amplified voice. Jacob's show seemed pretty close to the Oz's show.