BP, I haven’t read the article, but the whole basis for the series is the “charades” people play and the dark secrets they live with that form and shape them into who they have become. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors and the face people show you, may not always be a reflection of what they feel inside.
Many people say “oh he or she is such a nice person” but that may be very true on the outside. They may be very nice to others but not very nice to their spouse and children. So people do play charades all the time and that is what the series is about.