Downtown performers played with physically punishing intensity

Evidence

There was also short-lived stand at Café Wha? with the Warhol and future Ridiculous actress Elektrah!, who took an Indian lute called the sarinda as her instrument and, according to Sterling Morrison, played so strenuously her knuckles bled. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 739

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Downtown art audiences received early performances with mixed boredom and arousal — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1857; An avant-garde performance troupe proposed staging real violence on audiences — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 127; The scene’s sensory overload expressed performers’ ego desperation — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 852
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Downtown art audiences received early performances with mixed boredom and arousal — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1857; An avant-garde performance troupe proposed staging real violence on audiences — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 127; The scene’s sensory overload expressed performers’ ego desperation — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 852