I saw a work this past week that I did not know how to critique. The premise of the performance was simple: MacKenzie Thomas, an internet personality with half a million followers across TikTok and Instagram, would read aloud everything she posted on X over the past year. Each month was introduced by a personal essay reflecting on the events of her life during that period. Described in promotional materials as a “durational performance,” I Said What I Said ran for four hours. So far, it has been staged twice in New York, selling out both times. This Wednesday, Thomas will bring the performance to Los Angeles at Heavy Manners. Related Articles As we took our seats in a small theater above the Flatiron vintage shop Surrender Dorothy, Thomas waited onstage beside a projector queued with a Google Slides presentation. On a nearby desk, she had arranged a Stanley cup, a Gatorade, coconut water, her computer, and a speaker. She stood onstage and moved herself through catharsis. She broke up with her long-term “metrosexual” boyfriend. …