Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:03:55 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - see it!


Deja Vu! .....Deja Vu.....Deja Vu

Ahhhhhhh Brings back the memories of Festivals at 
Tulane, 1974.....Kent State, 1979..... & Emory U 
-AT- Atlanta 1982.

Tulane with everyone in a overly large auditorium 
watching Nixon resign on a console television 
sitting dwarfed on a bare stage. As the glowing 
animated picture of him made his farewell up from 
behind the console arose a puppet of Nixon in 
red, white and blue waving a flag and mouthing 
the words from the TV. The puppeteer hidden 
behind I think was Carrol Spinny or Steve Hansen. 
The conservative wing of the P of A walked out 
outraged. "This wasn't puppetry" as was the 
condemnation of Whilim Waroonies Dadaesque puppet 
show using some balloons as women's breasts

Kent State when Richard Bay had to leave early 
for alluding to the Kent State killings when he 
did his
Potpourri opus mocking muppets, spongees and 
yours truly, I thought it was 
hilarious,especially when I remembered the taxi 
driver who took us  to the campus spending the 
entire trip blasting hippies and
emphasizing that "they got what they deserved". 
The atmosphere there was filled with " bad vibes" 
and will be still.

Emory U where The Underground Railway and the 
Heart of the Beast  made their first appearances 
at any Festival and were accused of politicizing 
the Festival. The Railway presented an amazing 
anti war piece in shadows using for a vehicle 
Stravinski's Firebird. At the general meeting it 
was suggested by  older staid members that 
"political statements had no place in the puppet 
theater"

Do we always have to be so self absorbed? Isn't 
it a goal of puppetry to hold a "mirror up to 
nature"?. Too bad Gore didn't use puppets. I 
think I'll go to see the movie first chance. 
Thanks for bringing it up Emmy and thank you Mr 
Bell, as always, most grateful for your comments.

Bruce K. Chessé
Rabble Rouser and old fashioned Liberal



>   Thinking of Greg's comments to Emmy's message: 
>good; let's talk about puppet theater.  Haven't 
>there been a lot of puppet shows recently about 
>climate change, weather, and the environment? 
>All Species Day parades, educational puppet 
>theater, Muppets, Heart of the Beast Theater, 
>Arm of the Sea Theater, Bread and Puppet's The 
>Uprising of the Beast, and Greenpeace 
>spectacles?  Are puppets and masks somehow 
>better fitted to discuss such huge issues, 
>rather than actor-based dramas?  Are current 
>shows about the environment somehow related to 
>traditional uses of puppets to evoke the spirits 
>of nature (Green Man in the European tradition, 
>animal and spirit masks in most world 
>traditions)?
>   Does the Gore film use animation?  It's 
>interesting to think of animation (digital, 
>analog, stop-action, motion capture, CGI) as a 
>development of puppet theater, and picture 
>performance (telling a story with still images) 
>as a development of bankelsang, cantastoria, 
>wayang beber, and par vacano traditions.
>    
>
>jbell
>great small works
>
>
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From: puptcrit-bounces-AT-lists.driftline.org on behalf of Gregory Ballora
>	Sent: Thu 5/25/2006 11:15 AM
>	To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
>	Cc:
>	Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - see it!
>
>
>
>	Emmy,
>	Please don't take this the wrong way, but in my
>	opinion, This is the wrong place to post this sort of
>	informatioon. Again, it is not Puppet related. If we
>	ask people like Mark "Cahebay" to not post information
>	about gun control laws, it seems we should stick to
>	the rule, regardless of our own
>	political/pilosophical/religious beliefs.
>
>	Granted, you are talking about a film, which is Art,
>	and thus somewhat related....
>
>	I am curious what others here think, since, as Mark
>	once pointed out, I am not a moderator.
>
>	Regards
>
>	Greg
>
>	--- Emmy Bean <beansome-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>	> Hi everybody-
>	> sorry for the mass email. I saw an amazing and scary
>	> film last night - AN
>	> INCONVENIENT TRUTH - because MoveOn.org told me to,
>	> and by gum, they were
>	> right. Everyone needs to see it; especially this
>	> weekend, especially if
>	> you're in NYC, it will boost the numbers for the
>	> film's opening weekend and
>	> increase their chances of being distributed farther
>	> and wider.
>	> Go see it. Please. It's about global warming and
>	> climate change, you can see
>	> the trailer and read more here:
>	>
>	>
> 
>	http://political.moveon.org/seethetruth/?id=7766-6897633-bWizZ8uvrLUrYmhR76VCwA&t=4
>	>
>	>
>	> It's hugely important, and hugely effective, and you
>	> might even like Al Gore
>	> just a smidge better after you do. He puts on a good
>	> show.
>	> '
>	>
>	> Love to you all,
>	>
>	> Emmy Bean
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