File puptcrit/puptcrit.0805, message 115


From: SuzPuppetCosmos-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:02:15 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Avoiding racism in caricature




 
In a message dated 5/6/2008 11:30:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
creaturiste-AT-primus.ca writes:

The  ideas and anecdotes brought forward make me imagine a puppet play for 
kids  with each puppet made to be a  well-known "racial" or "ethnic"  
stereotype.

At first, people could react badly, but perhaps would  change their minds 
when each puppet realises, with the audience: "Hey, I  was born looking like 
this. This is me. I like myself, I'm  unique!"
Einstein, Edit Piaf, Walter Matthau... look at all the historical  figures 
that we remember a lot because they were very different! Some  looked more 
different than others, but all were unique! Unique can be a  way of thinking 
too. People who thought differently inspired the world to  change!"

And then each puppet could mess up our perceptions by finding  their own 
unique clothing style and lifestyle.
How about a  goth-teddy-bear?
Or a hippie muscle-bound  behemoth?




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