Smartphone apps serve as a metaphor for Bollywood’s presentation and treatment of women in this interactive performance, in which actress and singer M.D. Pallavi embodies a “live app” that produces Indian vocals. But the border between service and exploitation blurs when the app is an actual person and not Siri. Produced with Sophia Stepf and the Flinn Theater, Pallavi’s solo performance also sheds light on her own experience with the Indian entertainment industry.
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