DragonKing Dark: Masks
One of the most ancient rituals mankind still engages in is the creation and wearing of masks. Since the oldest civilizations, humans have concealed their identities for rituals, for war, to commit crimes, and for celebrations and sports.
In today’s society, we wear masks for health purposes. But we also use them in other ways: the hockey mask, the medical mask, the decorative mask, movie monster mask, the lucha libre and wrestling mask, and masks used for crime.
This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, I look at humanity’s fascination with masks.
Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.