From: Rolande Duprey <puppetpro-AT-aol.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:45:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] illegitmate and proud


I'm still laughing at the concept of the "Meat Puppet" . So, if "Meat  
Puppets" inhabit legit theatre, does that mean that illegitimate  
theatre is the only way vegetables get a chance to be on stage?

Gives new insight to doing a production of HAMlet.

Rolande



On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Grego wrote:

> (My post at the bottom. Story, y'know)
>
>> On Feb 22, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Klingelhoefer, Terri Sue wrote:
>
>>> I think the problem is not so much that
>>> we don't know who our father is, as that literally everybody is
>>> puppetry's daddy--- and no one wants to pay child support.
>
>> On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:22 PM, Anne Schaefer wrote:
>
>> Bwahahahahahaha!
>>
>> I can see the Springer show now :-D
>>
>> The Bastard Puppet, desperately wanting to know who spawned him,
>> orders Legitimate Theater (sorry, TheatRE) to take a paternity test.
>> But in a bizarre twist, the DNA results show that the Puppet is not
>> the child, but the FATHER...and, strangely, the BROTHER...and the
>> SECOND COUSIN ONCE-REMOVED... of Legitimate Theatre.  In a fit of
>> pique, LT beats up the Puppet (again!) as Appalachian Mountain banjo
>> music plays liltingly in the background.
>
> Billy Bob from Buffalo catches wind of the affair and writes the
> "corrido", the honorary ballad praising our heroic Puppet. Singing it
> through a sock puppet for his guest appearance on "Harry Potter Pals"
> turns out to be his big break. Realizing that lefties preaching to
> the choir will go horse before the globe cools, Billy Bob goes on to
> use the simple, yet far-reaching platform of "Pals" to politicize his
> adoring new audience of 30 million easily entertained dweebs.  As the
> fad spreads, "green" becomes a marketable commodity, corporations
> pump out eco-friendly merchandise, the world is saved, (nick'o'time,
> pheww...) and Republicans gloat over the toldjaso triumph of market-
> driven civilization.
> Socks with eyeballs become fashionable outer wear for a couple of
> seasons.
> Most puppeteers still can't afford tickets to "legitimate theater".
> They cope.
>
> -G
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