From: "Mark S. Segal" <segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net> To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:00:03 -0400 Subject: [Puptcrit] teasers and tormentors The way I learned to tell the difference....between the two....was of course chauvinistic.... The teaser is a skirt and the tormentor is the leg...... Mark S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Stone" <bobstone1-AT-earthlink.net> To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Break A String > At 08:58 AM 9/12/2005, you wrote: > >>So my question is, does "break a string" have a similar puppetry history >>beyond imitating the live actor "break a leg" superstition? >> >>inquiring minds want to... >> >> >>Michael John Moynihan >> Visual/Performing/Media Artist & Educator >>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Didn't know about the origins of "Break a leg." Interesting. At > Aniforms, we used to say "Break a thumb." to wish each other good > luck, as the thumb was the main mouth control on our live animation > producing puppets. > > On our black light puppetry stages, one of our performers referred to > the black strips of material that hid the florescent tubes from the > audience's sight as "teasers" and "tormentors." I never knew which > were which, or whether that came from regular stage work or not. > > > -Bob Stone > www.serious-comedy.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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