The main problem here, as i see it, is that the performer may consider himself and his performance honest but public may not believe him due to some factors like age, wealth, etc. I mean, he can be 100 % sincere in considering himself a poor teenager or twentysomething but grey hair/bald head, growing belly and bank account may be the factors that'll make them doubt the performer's integrity or whatever. That's like, "Look inside my heart — i'm a teenager", — "I'm not an autopsist, how can i look inside your heart? Besides, what i see doesn't look like a teenager at all".longhouse wrote:If a performance or sentiment is HONEST age is not an issue.
Of course one might say it's silly to pretend you're still a teenager when in fact the grave's already calling your name. Still, that happens sometimes; and that doesn't mean these people are not sincere, they just see the world and themselves in a way public refuses to see them.