Holding up the mirror: deception as revelation in the theater.(Truth-Telling, Lying and Self-Deception)

From: Social Research | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Whitaker, Thomas R. | Copyright information

Theater audiences are subject to intentional deception. Actors go beyond merely operating mirrors of deception and masks of denial when they reflect audience participation by holding up a mirror to the play-acting itself. Thus modern drama transforms internal consciousness into a readily accessible format. People in the audience react to and reciprocate with the stage in a hopeful complexity, exploring familiar and new roles as they unfold before them.

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