From: GAzPuppets-AT-aol.com Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:46:43 EDT To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: [Puptcrit] Puppets on Tour with Beck We just saw the Beck Tour in Tucson with puppets made and operated by some of the people involved in Team America. If they come near you (and they are going to Europe for a tour soon), go see it! It is totally cool. The puppets are rod marionette duplicates of the band members. Their miniature stage is upstage of the performers and the puppet images are projected on the large screen behind the main stage. So Beck is singing downstage and you may see his puppet image in a close-up behind him, lip-synching away or one of the band members dancing around while the puppet does the same. This description does not begin to do justice to how fun and creative this show is. The camera work and video editing is key. At one point, a rod marionette of one of the cameramen mixes among the musicians with his own tiny video camera and you see everything on his Puppetcam up on the screen. Right before the encore they show a Puppetron tour of the city starring Puppet Beck and company. The puppeteers told us that they spend 1-2 hours in the afternoon in highly recognizable parts of the city where they're playing and try to tell a little story with it. All this is taped, the band members put in their own voices (and lines), and it all gets edited by showtime that night. Really fun and creative and the audience loved it. So find out if the show is coming anywhere near you and go see it. Tickets were sold out when we found out about it going to Tucson, but Rob Saunders (Puppet Beck) got us passes. Thank you, Rob! Nancy Smith _______________________________________________ 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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