Theatricality vs Authenticity

Theatricality

• Putting on a façade
• “overly” dramatic/intense
• For an audience/concerned with others
• Performative
• Not genuine
• Intended to be understood/communicated
• Cares about what others think
• Provokes emotion
• Imitating authenticity
• Relatable
• Hyper-aware
• Fantastical
• Safety in hiding yourself  

Authenticity

• Truthful/genuine
• Vulnerable
• Transparent
• Grounded in reality
• Feeling/expression your own emotions
• Lack of conformity
• Felt when you are alone???
• Oriented towards the self
• Safety in being yourself
• Not performing at all  

Both

• Emotions
• Action/expression
• Feeling safe?