Masks, Magic, Personality and Transformation

[sweetnpetite]

If you look deep enough, almost every "teen movie" has an element of "masking" in it. Grease and Grease 2 are just a bit less subtle about it.

I think a lot of the pop culture use of "masking" is not really intended as a commentary on the magic and mythical aspects the article talks about. It's more a function of how the concept of "Masks" is simply inherent in the English Language and in the stereotypes movie makers use liberally as a short-hand form of character development.

I wonder how much of the rock group Kiss's ourageousness can be contributed to their "masks" and how much is just an overt manifestation of the "masks" all performers wear when on stage?

(That's a pretty poorly phrased qustion, but I can't think of a better way to ask it at the moment.)

I thought you phrased it pretty well, although I have no answers.

Also- there's a quote I had in my sigline at one time about masks. Let me see if I can dig it up.

Ah, here it is-

"[Life is] an endless journey. When people say they've found themselves, what they've found is a comfortable mask."--Alfonzo Cuaron

 

[sweetnpetite]

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