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The art of making a tantrum look like a performance review.
means A dramatic outburst or public display of emotion, or a particular setting/place where action happens.
from From French 'scène', from Latin 'scaena', from Greek 'skēnē' — originally a tent or stage-booth where actors dressed and performed. The theatrical sense came first; the 'making a scene' meaning followed naturally, since causing a public fuss is, in effect, turning the street into your own unscripted stage.
- origin
- Greek skene, literally the backstage tent for actors
- etymology shift
- stage area became the whole dramatic unit
- social use
- making one means weaponizing an audience
- subculture sense
- a scene is belonging disguised as taste