Transgressive Theatricality

Scenes generate a chance to see and be seen, shaping the bearing and manners of their members. Participants can enjoy the essentially social pleasure of beautifully performing a role or a part, or of watching others do so. Theatricality is the pleasure of appearances, the way we display ourselves to others and see their images in turn.

 

Does participating in the activity associated with [amenity] promote in participants a sense that it is good, because it is pleasurable, to notice and/or be noticed by others as looking offensive to mainstream culture and values and resisting rigid codes of appearance? 

Is looking offensive to mainstream culture and values a crucial part of this amenity? Would the absence of this quality fundamentally change this amenity?

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Does participating in the activity associated with [amenity] promote in participants a sense that it is good, because it is pleasurable, to notice and/or be noticed by others as part of the mainstream, as inoffensively conforming to non-risky codes of appearance?

Is conforming to non-risky codes of appearance a crucial part of this amenity? Would the absence of this opposition fundamentally change this amenity?

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