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Those Viral Videos Of People Melting Down Because They Have To Wear Masks? They’re Performances — Bad Ones

MEDIA Posted: July 14, 2020 10:02 am

Dan Kois: “What are these displays? Whatever they are, they are not authentic expressions of rage. … Rather than citizens pushed too far by onerous mask policies — finally sent over the edge — the people in the videos are recognizably acting, delivering tiny one-person shows. Perhaps they’ve rehearsed these lines in their head for weeks, cooped up at home, seething about the news. … And here, in the grocery store, finally granted an audience — the lights bright and the cameras running — they seize their moment to act. And they’re bad actors.” – Slate

MEDIA Published: 07.10.20

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