I for one have never been a fan of masks. Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays, especially since every little boy dressed up as "Scream" from about 1998 until the mid 2000's, scaring little girls like me. It was not until one year when my mother dressed me up as cat for Halloween, that I really understood the feeling of wearing a mask. I felt like I could do or say anything, because I wasn't being myself, and no one could see my face. I'm not saying I did terrible things, I probably just meowed at fellow trick-or-treaters, but for me that was a mile stone from hanging on my mother's pant leg.
Masks, and Masquerades allow people to dress up as something that they are not, and it even gives people confidence to do things they probably would not do if their face was exposed. In Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" , that is exactly what happens. Also, while reading that entire act, I couldn't stop thinking about the scene from Andrew Webber's famous play "Phantom of the Opera", where they sing for what feels like twenty minutes about a Masquerade. In my opinion, it is the best scene of the entire play, and with Halloween being tomorrow, i figured that it is appropriate.
haha, i love the reference to child hood days, it brings me back, mainly because i was scream for 6 or 7 years straight. this is a good interpretation of a masquerade ball relating the childhood fun they used to have and in adulthood, the inner child they seek inside themselves while dressing up for such events. the video was a great way to picture exactly what happens at those parties
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