From: "Darlene McLeod" <mcleod_darlene-AT-hotmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:51:40 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Chinese Puppetry Dear Stephen Kalpin, I have tried searching for your article but I cannot find an archive for Puppetry International. would you know where I might find a copy? thanks again for your help. Sincerely; Darlene McLeod >From: Stephen Kaplin <skactw-AT-tiac.net> >Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Chinese Puppetry >Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:45:51 -0500 > >Dear Darlene, > My wife, Kuang-Yu Fong and I wrote an article for Puppetry >International (issue #15- Spring/Summer "04) dealing with just these >issues in the context of the survival of Chinese shadow puppetry in the >20th Century. We interviewed artists from four different companies from >both mainland China and Taiwan to get background info for the article. >It gives several specific examples of how the government either >condoned and exploited the popular puppet theater for political >purposes, or tried to suppress it. > >You should also try and find the film "To Live" which (aside from a >truly amazing performance by the actress Gong Li) tells the story of a >hard-luck gambler who ends up surviving by performing shadow puppet >show through the decades of war and revolution. The movie traces his >ups and downs until he is forced to burn his puppet figures during the >Cultural Revolution. > >Hope that helps you out some. > >Stephen > > >On Nov 1, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Darlene McLeod wrote: > > > I am writing a 15 page essay on puppetry in China during the cultural > > revolution. I hope to look at either how it was used to build > > nationalism, > > or how it was used as a form of political commentary. I have seen "the > > Puppet Master" movie about Li Tien Lu and I am having trouble finding > > books > > about what the government outlawed in puppetry, or any other detailed > > examples of the effects of this banning. Any help is greatly > > apreciated. > > Thankyou for your consideration, > > > > Sincerely; > > > > Darlene McLeod > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Experience Live Search from your PC or mobile device today. > > http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > > Admin interface: > > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Admin interface: >http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >Archives: http://www.driftline.org _________________________________________________________________ Experience Live Search from your PC or mobile device today. http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca _______________________________________________ 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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