The love of masks, of makeup, and of costumes is often much more than the pursuit of high fashion or the adherence to ritual convention; it is also the expression of that freedom to invent the self and of the literal fun Americans have often gotten from scandalizing expectations.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
On Masks, Michael Jackson, and Culture
Just ran across a 1987 Village Voice piece entitled Man in the Mirror where Stanley Crouch is critiquing those who too easily concluded that Mike Jackson's cosmetic changes were simply about self-hate. Crouch writes:
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