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Masks in theatre contradiction
[edit]hi I don't I don't edit Wikipedia often so I wanted to post here before changing anything drastically but it looks like there's a contradiction in the "masks in theater" section of this article.
It starts off by saying "Masks play a key part within world theatre traditions, particularly non-western theatre forms." But then just a few paragraphs later it says "Masks and puppets were often incorporated into the theatre work of European avant-garde artists from the turn of the nineteenth century." And the paragraph after that talks about other common uses of masks in European theater (imo implying it's not unusual in European theater) + in the "history in performance" section it talks about the use of masks both in Roman and Greek performances, even mentioning how it affected the words used to describe performance. (persona meaning "a mask")
So at one point it was part of European theater tradition, I'd understand if this is no longer the case that mentioning it would be important but currently it's confusing.
I think re-wording something here to clarify would be best. Whosiewhatsie (talk) 05:17, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- I reworded that paragraph at the section you are discussing. It has no reference so I don't know where the original author got their information from. It's better to be safe here and state simply that masks are relevant to world theatre until a good overview for the use of masks in theatre is found... Reconrabbit 12:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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