theatricality, n.All

Theatricality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what everything turns into when man lacks a sure instinct — and no individual can make up for lost schooling.

Theatricality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an enemy of intimacy and a friend of strong public life, so the cult of intimacy rises when public life falls.

Theatricality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠untruth exaggerated to its most superficial degree: dissembling turned exhibition and play-acting — reality shaped as a job for the stage-designer.

Theatricality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the hyperbolic miming of a convention it also reverses in queer politics — exposing a homophobic law that can no longer control its own abjecting terms.