Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice

acting actor actress alone always audience control demand demanding drama dramatic emotion emotional emotionless exact exacting fake feel feelings feelless forbid forbidden goth gothic gothic-romance hide hiding lonely mask masks play postmodern postmodernism pretend pretending romance romantic self-image stern strength strong suspense theater theatre weak weakness young-adult young-adult-gothic-romance

I always am in a role, lovely – for you, for them – even for myself. Yeah… Even when I’m alone, I am still in a role – and I myself am the most exacting audience I have ever had.