File puptcrit/puptcrit.0802, message 556


From: Angusson-AT-aol.com
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:59:24 EST
To: Seankeohane-AT-aol.com, puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Youtube learnings?


Hi Sean, & fellow critters:

The analysis of the Potter Puppet Pals was welcome and helped to put things 
in perspective for me. 
I didn't feel a need for anyone to 'defend' the show as such, but it did help 
to generate Sean's thorough essay and Preston and Daniel's remarks. I don't 
recall that PPP was attacked. I think I only stated (indirectly) what has been 
repeated by Sean: That PPP '...have their own charm, of which their creators 
and the audience for whom they were intended are aware.'   I used the words 
'..appealed to a certain audience' or some such...   

Sean's observations hit the nail on the head, and seems to me to be exactly 
why Jim Henson, and Baird to a degree, succeeded on television -they USED (in a 
broader sense) the medium of choice - '...their sketches are not really meant 
to be seen in a live puppet booth, or even merely on TV, but are filmed 
specifically for Youtube, with the tiny screen becoming their "virtual pupet 
theatre," and they are intended for a Youtube audience of young Harry Potter fans.'


> 'Who knows where the gang behind the Potter Puppet Pals will be in five 
> years, or what they will be doing? =A0Right now I think they are having fun, and 
> entertaining both themselves and their audience. =A0What they are doing now may 
> not be too different from short commercials and sketches and PSAs not only 
> Jim Henson but Bil Baird and others might have done in their early days, too.'
> 
I can't help but agree with Sean. 
Best,
Fred T.





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