The comedy and tragedy masks, often referred to as the theater faces or the faces of drama, are a pair of masks that represent the two main genres of theater.

In tragedy, for instance, a relatively bland mask can make it easier to associate oneself with the performance. In comedy, though, the effect is more immediately alienating, more confrontationally ...

In my mind, a tragedy was something that made you cry, and a comedy was something that made you laugh — thus the laughing and crying masks. It was only later that I learned there was a little ...