From: eileen blumenthal <hrotsvitha-AT-earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:49:02 -0500 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] another note on TV and lip sync Right on, mjm. Eileen (Eileen Blumenthal) On Jan 16, 2006, at 3:31 PM, mjm wrote: > As I grew up as a kid in Wisconsin I was very much a fan of Warner > Brothers Looney Tunes. Today I still prefer highly stylized animation > over attempts at realistic/naturalistic animation. My first > memories of > puppets were the sock puppets my mother made for us. On TV it was, of > course, "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" and Howdy Doody. > > My tastes have remain the same despite years, experience and training. > When I initially studied theatre in college it was in a very > naturalistic/Stanislavski influenced department. So when given a > chance > to study highly stylized and presentational Kabuki & Noh, it opened my > eyes to other traditions (Commedia del Arte, circus arts, mime & > pantomime, musicals, Bunraku, etc.). I still prefer everything to > be as > non reality/naturalistic as possible. Engaging and employing the > audience's imagination to use it's abilities to give the form & > subject > matter of the art some highly subjective meaning/content is what it is > all about for me. > > I can understand how lip syncing becomes important in the early > days of > TV, which even today is still dominated by talking heads. But, and > this > is just my highly subjective opinion, the more realistic/naturalistic > puppetry or animation or theatre tries to become, the less > interesting, > engaging and artistic it is for me. > > Also, I would never want to be in the position to have to "certify" > the > professionalism or quality of another artist. Life is too short and > art > is too long and wide and deep for such things. > > Hippocrates may have been meaning the medical arts, > but I think this quote applies to much more: > > =93Life is short, > But the art is long, > Opportunity fleeting, > The experiment perilous." > > mjm > _______________________________________________ > 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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