File puptcrit/puptcrit.0804, message 84


Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:30:02 -0400
From: "Jim Menke" <jim99jr-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puptcrit Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8


You forget that Punch does not always win. He is often eated by the
alligator.

On 4/6/08, Rolande Duprey <puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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's called Punch and
> > Judy!  I've 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't hit each other.
> >
> > Charles,
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