Melanie Manchot, Kathy Battista, Gill Perry, Gavin Butt, Dorothy Rowe and Catherine Grant, Discussion 8 A discussion between Gavin Butt, Dorothy Rowe and Catherine Grant along with questions from the audience.
Gavin Butt, You Cannot Be Serious!: Gender Performance and Queer Authenticity Performance has often been approached as a sign of non-serious or value-less activity in the 20th and 21st century. For instance, in speaking pejoratively of someone as 'theatrical', we can see how performance is sometimes associated with a lack of authenticity, in this case by implying that they are exaggerated or affected, 'too much' to be taken seriously.