For a time I wasn't sure of their purpose—neither, it seemed, were they—and I dreaded the possible need for another zombic performance.

Ken Gelder argues in a psychoanalytic reading of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula that the text 'overcodes sexuality at the level of performance, but undercodes it at the level of utterance.

Interview with Sir Nicky Tam in the Aberdeen Voice.

After a moment she continued, “All I meant was did you manage to get a kitchen pass from Laurel?” “I don't need a kitchen pass from Laurel or anyone else,” she snapped.