It Is a Small Part of the Pantomime- In It Is a Small Part of the Pantomime, the theatre of contemporary media becomes a dark, intimate performance. The diptych unfolds like two acts of the same unsettling drama—one where truth is manipulated, voices are muffled, and spectacle replaces sincerity. On the left panel, a man lies with a burning candle forced into his mouth. The flame illuminates the image, yet offers no clarity; instead, it becomes a metaphor for coerced illumination—where common people are made to swallow narratives not of their choosing. His strained posture speaks to the everyday citizens whose voices are smothered beneath the weight of sensationalism. The right panel exposes the machinery behind this drama. A crouched figure, part-human and part-performer, clutches a microphone branded with political insignia. He broadcasts into a rising storm of smoke—a visual echo of misinformation swirling through social media and one-sided, politically aligned journalism. The smoke thickens, blurring reality, shaping public opinion, and suffocating dissent. Red lines twist across the composition like tangled threads of propaganda. Together, these images reflect the suffocating atmosphere of yellow journalism—where news becomes noise, truth becomes theatre, and manipulation becomes a strategy for vote-bank politics. Through the tension between muted voices and amplified falsehoods, the work reveals how easily the public is drawn into performances staged by power. This is not the whole play, the painting suggests—only a small part of the pantomime we continue to witness.