From: SuzPuppetCosmos-AT-aol.com Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:37:11 EDT To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Avoiding racism in caricature-Second try! OOOPS Last email went poof before I had typed anything! slapping aol silly aol)))))) Anyway I think besides just allowing the involuntary emoting of emotions of The Comedy/Tragedy entertainment for our audiences; puppetry is each our personal world view philosophy. Its what we want to say to others its our bumper sticker its our heart on our sleeve. Our individual histories and all the many injustices we acknowlege, (as is the human history of this planets every corner), by our presentation choices to the audience- that past either lives or dies in practice. To ignore prejudices will lead to revisit them over and over. Sing that Minstrel Song Baby! Next to greed fear is the #1 enemy of the people LOL!! The Puppet Theatre Carrying the Eternal Torch of Understanding throughout the ages.... But in a NICE way LOLOL! Only a puppeteer realizes we never leave the playground. Have fun everyone! Suze 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 realizes, 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? _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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