From: BiersBlackwood-AT-aol.com Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:21:38 EST To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] political for what it is worth at this early stage, i am just now working up a rather large polichinelle show to be set during the french terror, planning to unveil it in the fall. a few wooden heads may roll, citizen. sean k. In a message dated 12/16/06 10:04:53 PM, skactw-AT-tiac.net writes: > Since 1990 (just before the start of the First Gulf War) Great Small > Works has been creating a series of toy theater productions called > "Terror As Usual,"=A0 which dealt explicitly or implicitly with the > culture of political terrorism. To date,=A0 11 episodes of TAU have been > produced.=A0 Episode #9: "Doom" is reprinted in the current issue of > Puppetry International. > > Also-- one of Great Small Work's first major theatrical productions was > an adaptation=A0 of=A0 G.K. Chesterton's pioneering spy=A0 novel "The Man who > was Thursday," In which an undercover police detective in Edwardian > London, trying to penetrate an anarchist terror cell, discovers that > the entire cell consists of other undercover detectives. > > And of course for over 40 years now Peter Schumann and the Bread and > Puppet Theater have never tired of directly addressing issues of > political and state repression. Their current production=A0 deals with > the semantic distinction between "Terrorists" (retail, individual > purveyors of misery) and "Horrorists" (wholesale governmental suppliers > of the same.) > On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:23 AM, mjm wrote: > > > Have any puptcrit members > >=A0 =A0=A0 1) Created shows/presentations/videos on the subject of the 9/11 > > terrorist attacks on the USA? > >=A0 =A0=A0 2) Know of other puppeteers/puppet companies that have reated > > shows/presentations/videos on the subject of the 9/11 terrorist attacks > > on the USA? > >=A0 =A0=A0 3) Created shows/presentations/videos on the subject of any the > > terrorist attacks of the 20th & 21st centuries? > >=A0 =A0=A0 4) Know of other puppeteers/puppet companies that have reated > > shows/presentations/videos on the subject of any the terrorist attacks > > of the 20th & 21st centuries? > > > > Links, contacts and/or information appreciated. > > > > Michael John Moynihan > > Milwaukee, USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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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