windowtheater
/ˈwɪndəʊˌθɪətə/nounVerified NewAlso in: Fenstertheater (Deutsch) · ventanateatro (Español) · fenêtrethéâtre (Français)
The lit windows of neighbors as nightly theater — the private lives visible from the street, staged without consent.
Windowtheater is the insomnia walker's cinema: a kitchen at one a.m., a television's blue flicker, someone standing at a sink. The plots are unknowable and the performances are total; the audience is one person in a coat, and the reviews are never written down.
Etym. — window + theater — the performance metaphor for the lit-window phenomenon; the theater is exactly what the street becomes at night.
Rel. — quietmile
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