Word: masking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mask makes pragmatic sense. People send him death threats. They key the car he rides in. And while public appearances aren’t necessary for a radio personality, they’re necessary for the Southern Avenger; they move him beyond radio and into the realm of mascot. In hiding his identity, the mask creates a new one. The spandex not only makes the Southern Avenger look like Spider-Man: it gives him some superhero invincibility...
...it’s the mask that allowed me to see, if not his face, his human body. It’s the mask that forced me to realize that the Southern Avenger wasn’t just a voice but a real person who interacts with other people. I could unwittingly encounter the man mask-less in the grocery store. He could be next to me without my ever knowing...
...That is, until I remember that this guy wears a mask...
...says with the kind of amused self-disclosure one wades into more easily on the phone. “I’ve never told anyone this,” he laughs. “But my hair seems to look really good after I take the mask off. So if I’m having a bad hair day at the house, I’ll slap the mask on, hang out, go on the computer, wear the mask for thirty minutes, and then my hair looks grea?...
...hand, splicing coils of smoke with the other. I imagined him down in Charleston sitting on the arm of his couch, dangling his feet. There he was, waiting for this college kid to come back on the phone and finish her interview so that, finally, he could untie his mask, let loose his hair, and hit the town...