Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 07:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Gamble <jimsan777-AT-yahoo.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Dolls as puppers


A figure that is static is a doll, a figure that is
kinetic is a puppet.

Jim Gamble


--- "Mark S. Segal" <segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net> wrote:

> In a lot of languages the word for Puppet and doll
> are the same.
> 
> I always thought that what makes a puppet a puppet
> is the inclusion of the 
> human hand in some direct capacity of manipulation
> equaling animation.
> 
> So for me a puppet is not a doll, it is something
> (anything) that is 
> animated by the hand. (direct)
> 
> As to the purpose, to communicate some thing to an
> audience.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark 
> 
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