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On Performativity

Idols and Icons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2024

Kenneth King
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Abstract

Film, TV, and social media greatly expanded the possibilities and parameters of theatre and performance. Happenings, multimedia works, and performance art, as well as virtuosic vocal acrobats and shape-shifting innovators like Lily Tomlin, John Leguizamo, Anna Deavere Smith, Tracey Ullman, Barry Humphries, and Charles Pierce have created mercurial, multicharacter spectacles. The cultural fıssion of this performance synergy also encompasses maverick poets, painters, journalists, political activists, critics, and even a nonagenarian fashion model.

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TDR , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 15 - 25
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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