Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 19:02:43 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] What is this in English?


Quite right, Mary.   Now, the planchette of the Ouija board might be a rather 
abstract puppet, moving about apparently on its own while lightly touched by 
the "living" communicators, writing or spelling out messages.   But who, or 
what, is the real motion man working the planchette in that situation?

But back to actual puppets... another puppet whose motion is an end in 
itself, and whose movements might be distracting (or attracting) rather than 
employed to tell any kind of story, is the Jumping Jack puppet, or "pantin" to the 
French.   It is a figure cut on a flat piece of wood, made up of one solid piece 
for the torso and head, and four separate piesces for arms and legs jointed 
to the torso piece.   A cord with two smaller string attachments runs behind 
the figure connecting all the limbs, so that when the cord is tugged it pulls on 
the little strings, and the arms and legs go up and down.   It is a toy or 
eye-catcher rather than a puppet for traditional performance.   It is a kind of 
marionette, I suppose, though one operated by a tug from below!

Sean K. 

In a message dated 5/7/06 6:20:35 PM, mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net writes:


> Of course, there are always other definitions, hmmm, like "The Planchette
> was an instrument designed for the purpose of communicating with spirits.
> 
> It was made of a thin heart shaped piece of wood, that was mounted on two
> small wheel castors and carrying a pencil pointing downwards."=A0
> 
> lol....
> 
> Mary
> 
> 

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