Comments on: The liberation of the mask http://www.underthepoppy.com/http:/www.underthepoppy.com/archives/the-liberation-of-the-mask Love. Sex. Puppets. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kathe http://www.underthepoppy.com/http:/www.underthepoppy.com/archives/the-liberation-of-the-mask/comment-page-1#comment-195 Kathe Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:05:21 +0000 http://www.underthepoppy.com/?p=6#comment-195 That's a remarkable observation; there's a whole world in that sentence. Those who mock and harass from the outside what they long to be on the inside - from a distance one can feel sorry for them. A great distance. In the Todd Haynes film "I'm Not There," one of the Dylan-characters exists in a town called Riddle - one of my favorite moments in the movie, that fantastic place, with odd, lovely, masked characters roaming its unpaved streets. I looked at it and thought "That's my hometown." That’s a remarkable observation; there’s a whole world in that sentence. Those who mock and harass from the outside what they long to be on the inside – from a distance one can feel sorry for them. A great distance.

In the Todd Haynes film “I’m Not There,” one of the Dylan-characters exists in a town called Riddle – one of my favorite moments in the movie, that fantastic place, with odd, lovely, masked characters roaming its unpaved streets. I looked at it and thought “That’s my hometown.”

]]> By: Christopher Moonlight http://www.underthepoppy.com/http:/www.underthepoppy.com/archives/the-liberation-of-the-mask/comment-page-1#comment-192 Christopher Moonlight Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:29:43 +0000 http://www.underthepoppy.com/?p=6#comment-192 Having read that, I am put in mind of my walks inside Halloween stores. More then anything, those places offer people free licence to be a goth or a slut for an evening, without anyone passing judgement. If those costumes didn't sell, they'd put something else on the walls, wouldn't they? I don't know. I was a teenage goth boy, who endured (and triumphed over) years of harassment for looking they way I did. So, to see that there are people who secretly want to be what I was, is funny to me. Having read that, I am put in mind of my walks inside Halloween stores. More then anything, those places offer people free licence to be a goth or a slut for an evening, without anyone passing judgement. If those costumes didn’t sell, they’d put something else on the walls, wouldn’t they? I don’t know. I was a teenage goth boy, who endured (and triumphed over) years of harassment for looking they way I did. So, to see that there are people who secretly want to be what I was, is funny to me.

]]> By: Kathe http://www.underthepoppy.com/http:/www.underthepoppy.com/archives/the-liberation-of-the-mask/comment-page-1#comment-10 Kathe Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:05:20 +0000 http://www.underthepoppy.com/?p=6#comment-10 This one is definitely for the grown-ups. This one is definitely for the grown-ups.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.underthepoppy.com/http:/www.underthepoppy.com/archives/the-liberation-of-the-mask/comment-page-1#comment-9 Christopher Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:00:26 +0000 http://www.underthepoppy.com/?p=6#comment-9 Kathe, I was curious if this book will be YA or marketed to adults? thanks, Chris Kathe,
I was curious if this book will be YA or marketed to adults?
thanks,
Chris

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