atdtda: 31 - pg 880

[Mark Kohut]

  I'd say 'because' since 'as if' would have been an easy clarification that OBA would not have overlooked. (However, there have been typographical mistakes). 

Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
  Bekah wrote, amid a number of sapient observations::

> 880.22-.24 "The Mask's desire was to be invisible, unthreatening,
> transparent yet mercilessly deceptive, as beneath its dark authority danger
> ruled and all was transgressed." -
>
> ** Does the word "as" there mean "because" or does it mean "as if"? Maybe,
> kind of, sorta important.
>

or, perhaps, "while" or "during the time that" -
ie "to be invisible ... as beneath its dark authority danger ruled..."

similar to something like "to fiddle ... as Rome burned..."
"the little dog laughed to hear them play...as the cow jumped over the moon"

...and maybe ... naw, couldn't be... a reference to the Jim Carrey
movie, "The Mask"?
(probably not...)


       
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