When politics is performance art

Artists have seen their craft distorted by politicians. Now it’s time to fight back.
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The modern politician uses all the trappings that used to belong to the theatre: rhetoric and carefully placed props, lights, theme music and even chorus numbers.

Politics has become performance art in which the issues are sublimated under a presentation culture.

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