From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] style
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:57:45 -0500
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org


One nice things about being a working artist is that if there is  a 
style you don't like, you don't have to do it.
People's perceptions and opinions are like beliefs, totally subjective.
There is no point to arguing "right" or "wrong".
Some folks think that McDonald's sells food. That is their perception. 
Some may disagree, because they perceive differently.
Many people perceive puppets & Muppets to be the same thing. That is 
their perception.
Some folks on this list seem to work under the perception that puppetry 
is not a form, a style, a tradition of the art of theatre.

Go figure.

Arguing "legitimacy" of what is, basically a technique, seems as vacant 
as arguing that being right handed is the only legit  way to use human 
hands.

m

On Oct 4, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Robert Rogers wrote:

> Here's a question I'd like to put out there:
>
> Trends come and go, but there's one that in my opinion is hanging 
> around much too long and I'm afraid that it will become an 
> established, legitimate style.
>
> I'm referring to puppet theater performances in which the puppeteer 
> not only works in full view of the audience, but deliberately calls 
> attention to him or herself.
>
> There are too many people who have limited puppetry skills who 
> nevertheless get up on stage and make the act of puppetry - not the 
> art - the focus of the audience's attention.
>
> That's like a violinist who, before playing a piece of music says, "I 
> don't know how to play the violin but I have the right attitude.  So 
> watch me try."
>
> What do you think?
>
> Robert Rogers
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