Third Row

Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/msa3naj2 — At a theater premiere, a female audience member stands up in indignation because she considers a scene misogynistic and discriminatory. Others film her with their smartphones. Within a few hours, the online conversation shifts away from the play and focuses entirely on her. She returns the following evening - this time with perfect makeup, anticipating the cameras. When the controversial scene is missing - having been cut due to the protests - she is disappointed: she is now deprived of the moment that would have placed her at the center of attention. — Row three Seat twelve Nothing wrong Not yet One bad gesture One wrong line Nobody moves So – I rise! “That is violence!” “That is shame!” Forty little cameras Learn my name My name I said enough But stayed standing I made my point But kept talking Keep talking Keep talking Keep talking Give me wrong! Give me a stage! Give me a lens! Give me the rage! I burn so bright Inside your frame Remember my name Morning comes Seventeen K Clips Memes Interviews All day New green blouse Perfect light Back to row three The very next night For the cause Of course I know the moment I know the line I know exactly Where I rise But Nothing happens! No gesture No insult No crime They cut the scene They took my time Phones go down Faces turn And something in me Fails to burn I should be pleased I should have won The thing I hated – gone So why am I angry? Why do I need One little wound To make me seen? Who am I Without the fight? Who am I Without the light? Who am I When nobody’s wrong? Just a woman Who came for a song! Give me a wrong Give me a stage Give me a reason To call myself brave But you took away The enemy And left Me With Me Nothing happened