From: "Kismet" <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 21:36:38 +1000 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] bunraku/matrix send-up Domo, Grego, domo. It was fantastic Must catch up Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grego" <grego-AT-gregoland.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: [Puptcrit] bunraku/matrix send-up > Late answering this, I was on the road. > The ping pong clip is from an annual tv show in Japan that features > amateurs doing illusion oriented skits. They're business men, students, > and families, etc. On 8/16/'03, after the subject first came up here, > I posted a more detailed explanation with a bunch of my own dumb > comments and links to more great clips from that show. I'll spare you > the dumb comments this time, but geewiz, look at this: > Some are difficult to see, or involve obscure cultural references. But > let me > recommend a couple that you'll get a kick out of. Go to: > http://www.ntv.co.jp/channel/kasoh/ > There you'll see a list of clips. > > #3 (2003-3--31) is the ping pong game. > #4 (2003-1-1) shows a lovely bit of naked hand sculpture puppetry. > #5 (2002-9-20) shows a schoolgirl walking, then bouncing and shooting a > basketball. Wriggling along the floor next to her is a kuroko (black > suited people like the ones you see doing Bunraku or moving props > around in Kabuki) playing the part of her shadow. It manipulates an > objetc that becomes the shadow of the ball. Uncanny. Downright spooky. > Enjoy. > > -G > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/273 - Release Date: 2/03/2006 > > _______________________________________________ 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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