Does the black barring on letterboxed movies serve as imitation masking?

since, actually if i viewed this in my gargage on my projection screen there would be no masking since i'm cheap.Does the black barring on letterboxed movies serve as imitation masking?
no


the black barring occurs because the movie was made for the wide screen, to make it fit TV screen they would either have to ';push it in'; from the sides, which makes everyone look really tall %26amp; skinny like a funhouse mirror, or they would have to cut off the sides of the shot, which causes a lot to be lost. so they just keep it wide and that's why there's black bars top %26amp; bottomDoes the black barring on letterboxed movies serve as imitation masking?
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