Orville Peck's Mask and the Myth of the Gay Cowboy

Orville Peck is a South-African born, Canadian-based, and openly gay country musician. His voice, song writing and style all paint an image of a new kind of cowboy mythology: the myth of the gay cowboy. By transforming a typically white-hetero-based mythology, Orville Peck actively transforms the mythology of the cowboy into one that is not only accepting of the LGBT+ community, but actively represents it. His fringed mask does not hide an identity, but rather provides an identity that isn't just for the singer, but for the whole culture. For a full transcript, check out our website incidentalmythology.com Check out my other channel for research vlogs: ‪@VivianAsimos‬ https://linktr.ee/vivianasimos