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  • Effectively, it makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self. If all the world was once a stage, it has now become a reality TV show: we mere players are not just aware of the camera; we mug for it.

    "I Tweet, Therefore I Am" by Peggy Orenstein, www.nytimes.com. July 30, 2010.