File puptcrit/puptcrit.0604, message 256


Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:47:04 -0600 (CST)
From: "Marie Buga" <mbuga-AT-rpl.regina.sk.ca>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Props stolen from theater troupe -ATTN: Hawaii


>Truly sad, Marc, but I can see that your puppeteer brain is already
working through a likely scenario - Vlarg, an alien after all, finding
himself in an strange environment - loving, perhaps, or, not at all
loving and the adventures that ensue. Go for it! Perhaps, you'll find him
again when you resume your earlier style of trawling through dumpsters. A
happy reunion! Vlarg, call home.



 I hate it when people steal.
> Especially when they steal somebody's livelihood tools!
> That should be a big law in even the lowest of scumbags!
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> They should know that they probably won't be able to sell a puppet again!
> If hey fell in love with the puppet, they should order one from the
> puppeteer!
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> I know what it's like to lose a puppet. I lost a prototype of an alien
> hand
> puppet I had made.
> It was my first of that type, and it even had a special effect (single
> eyeball ejecting from orbit and dangling from optical nerve).
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> One day, it fell from my backpack in my own neighborhood. I posted posters
> and offered a reward, but I never heard from my Vlarg again. My only
> consolation might be total wishful thinking, but I hope the puppet ended
> up
> with a kid who appreciates him. Vlarg would like that.
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> Needless to say I now always carry my puppets in containers that close and
> that wouldn't open by mistake or friction. I am hyperprotective of any
> puppet placed under my care, and go to extreme troubles sometimes to make
> sure I always have them in sight when transporting them or doing
> surveillance.
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> Mathieu René Créaturiste
> Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
> www.creaturiste.com
> creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
> (514) 274-8027
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KATHLEEN DAVID" <kathodavid-AT-mac.com>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 7:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Props stolen from theater troupe -ATTN: Hawaii
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>> Mark-
>> First I want to say thank you for posting these news articles each and
>> every day. I have learned a lot of nifty things from them.
>>
>> To the Group-
>> This is the kind of theft that really burns my goat. Maybe it stems back
>> to having a bag of puppets grabbed from my car oh so many years ago
>> (almost 20 now) but still it is so sad considering all the work that
>> went
>> into the pieces and the care and handling that they have had. I tried to
>> explain to a non-puppeteer why things like this are so painful. Their
>> response was "Well you built them once so you can build them again
>> right?"
>> Yeah maybe I can recreate the piece but I can't recreate the history of
>> the puppet lost. Every chip, every repaint, every repair is a story and
>> gives the puppet its history. And with the lose of the puppet all you
>> have
>> is the memory.
>>
>> Kath
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