It’s one thing if characters are performatively vacant or vacuous — “American Psycho” and “” are long too, but in those books it’s a joke that no one can keep the characters straight.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-01-11/bret-easton-ellis-returns-to-fiction-with-the-shards

So far she’s governed performatively, embracing culture war battles and never missing an opportunity to castigate “the radical left.”

Source: https://arktimes.com/news/the-big-picture/2023/04/29/know-your-arkansas-nepo-babies