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re: Sounds laudable, but...
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:30 pm EDT 10/06/21
In reply to: re: Sounds laudable, but... - AC126748 01:09 pm EDT 10/06/21

As you note, he can also be a massive narcissist -- or, at least, that's the character he's performing for the public -- and also walk the walk in terms of allyship.

I think you've put your finger on the crux of the problem: it's difficult to tell if he's being performative or not.
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re: Sounds laudable, but...
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:11 pm EDT 10/06/21
In reply to: re: Sounds laudable, but... - MockingbirdGirl 05:30 pm EDT 10/06/21

Whether he’s being performative or not, what difference does it make? He’s forgoing a lucrative opportunity and potentially upsetting some powerful producers in order to put CTG in a checkmate where they effectively have to program a cis-female playwright - I don’t think there’s anyway to pull that off without leveraging social media - and he devoted most of his public statement to naming numerous female playwrights whose work deserves attention.

We live in a performative, social media era, and he’s a performative figure… who’s still doing the activism.
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