is used to turn an actor’s face into a fixed "mask" of emotion—red for passion/strength and blue for fear/villainy. Compare this to a "v1.0" software version; both represent a perfected, static state that the "performer" must inhabit. The Gender Grey Area : Traditional Kabuki is famous for its Him -v1.0- -Kabuki-

Kabuki is the wild child of Japanese performance arts. Known for its exaggerated makeup ( kumadori ), elaborate costumes, and the deliberate suspension of reality (the onnagata or male actors playing female roles), Kabuki is fundamentally about surface . : This naming convention (Name -v1