The Theater-Goers’ Pact
We aren’t just an invisible applause machine
5 min readDec 28, 2022
Yes, the world is collapsing and I’m going to the theater. Correction: I went to the theater and I’ll go again. A saving grace of living in one of the great madhouses of the 21st century is theater. The saving grace of theater is that it’s so much more than mere entertainment.