Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:03:15 -0500
From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] New Puppet terms


Now, that was worth good fun at the end of a long day!! Thanks.....

Mary H. 


On 2/11/08 8:37 PM, "Stephen Kaplin" <skactw-AT-tiac.net> wrote:

> Here's some nominations for neo- puppet techno jargon:
> 
> DYSTIXIA-- Forgetting whether to pick up the left or right hand rod for
> a particular move, or to have the rods mis-arranged so that they tangle
> during the puppet's turn.
> As in "Sorry, my puppet went dystixic during that last fight scene."
> 
> SHADOWFACTION-- having the ability to produce clear, stage-worthy
> shadow shadow images. As in "Those 75 watt halogen bulbs give real
> shadowfaction on a small screen!"
> 
> MARION.NETTE--  A virtual string puppet. As in "Saw your marion.ette
> show on You Tube last night."
> 
> IN-X-ACTING-- Cutting off the pattern line with an x-acto knife. As in
> "Dude! You so totally in-x-acted that  cardboard sillhoutte!"
> 
> WAYANG KOOLIT-- A new genre of shadow performance that mixes Javanese
> wayang kulit with Hip-Hop (old school.) As in "I'd like to give a
> shout-out to the illest wayang dalangs of  the Koolit Crew.  Semar's
> rockin' da house, yo!"
> 
> DISNEYCIDE-- The deliberate murder and destruction of ancient
> mythologic and folkloric systems and their concurrent replacement
> within the collective social organism by lifeless, grinning, plastic
> effigies.  As in "Hannah Montana, you can't hide! We charge you with
> Disneycide!"
> 
> Should I go on?
> 
> Stephen
> 
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