Noun
role reversal (plural role reversals)
A situation in which someone adopts a role the reverse of that they normally assume in relation to someone else, who typically assumes their role in exchange.
There's been a lot of role reversal going on in the band. The roles people have been playing for a long time will always be there, but everybody's willing to try on different outfits. Stone Gossard
Because it's exactly this kind of role reversal that I'm interested in, and then it actually makes it a challenge for the viewer. Also, because most artists work in a completely different way. Isa Genzken