From: Rolande Duprey <puppetpro-AT-aol.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:20:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puptcrit Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8


Is the central theme to the Punch and Judy show really about gender  
issues? I know people have used it for that, but I always thought it  
was more about Punch getting the best of everyone. Punch always wins.
He even overcomes Death (and in some versions, the Devil).
He is Supreme Anarchy -- the force against which no authority figure  
has authority.

Rolande


On Apr 5, 2008, at 10:09 PM, Charles Taylor wrote:

> Rolande asked,
>
> Is there anyone out there doing gender-related themes with puppets?
>
> Yeah!  The show is the oldest and longest continuous running  
> theatrical piece in the  English Language. It=92s called Punch and  
> Judy!  I=92ve been married to Elaine twenty long years.  We connect on  
> some points. But I guess we would each like the other to be more  
> like our ideal!  It takes effort, similar interest, and humor that  
> keeps us connected. For the record, we don=92t hit each other.
>
> Charles,
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