This article is too important to quibble over the use of "performative" as a synonym for theatrical. It's a legitimate usage now. But for those who read Judith Butler in graduate school, the word has a stricter definition.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/gun-was-always-loaded/617560/ …
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Linguistic descriptivist here. 
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