From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:14:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Muppets Hey Robert; Thanks for the fresh perspective. Though I will have to disagree on a few things. In my travels I have found that it is "Muppet style" Puppets that appeal to the younger K& Pre K crowds. In my company we use all type of puppets, usually in the same show, and the overwhelming consensus is that Marionettes, rod puppet, & Parade puppets work well with 2nd graders on up to high schoolers, hell even adults. We are even in the middle of redesigning a show because the style I chose, Muppetish, made the older kids think the show was to "little Kiddie". I do agree you can make more $ if you are a mouth puppeteer than a Marionettist, but both have their own appeal. Though to be honest I could use that union dough right now. Also I have found that Hand puppets need more upkeep than my other puppets, foam is great but doesn't last. Good luck with your auditions Mark The Puppet People www.thepuppetpeople.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Puppetry Arts Theatre" <info-AT-puppetryarts.org> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Muppets > Oh good.. Finally something I can respond to!! It's been too long! Yeah > me! > > I'm on the flip side of that. I really really really don't like string > puppets. In fact, in all of my grants etc I write- "no strings attached" > in > my project descriptions. Pupcrit seems to huddle strings n punches on > here- > I rarely see any hand puppeteers. I think its bc we don't have time to > reply- we are working. (Hahaha I made a funny)! > > Muppets have a wonderful design and style of hand puppets, but it's their > structure- not design- that influences other hand puppets--- Why? b/c it > works! What's that? I said IT WORKS! > > I think that the lure if you will of the muppet structure is bc its REAL > -its tangible, the audience can relate to it, cuddle with it, its alive > and > creates a better relationship with an audience...with no strings attached. > > I find that its very easy to design and perform strings or punch n judy > stuff when muppet style hand puppets are a bit more involved providing > more > animation and interaction-and THAT my puppet friends creates the whole > relationship with audience thing I mentioned already. > > I am sure someone hovering over a stage of that play ---where the puppets > are all little people and a human actor walks in their town n they tie him > down, oh whats the name of that play everyone uses too much (Starts with a > "G" right?) --and is barking mad about what I said, I know... > But don't get your strings tied in a not. > > You gota also consider- today- for the most part-strings usually mean kids > birthday parties and little darkrooms where kindergarteners visit on > weekdays for $5 tickets. When hand puppetry pays a union actor $875 a day > and making a hand puppet offers a min of $1600 on up up up up. > > I think I'll stick with the green guy. ( now that was a play on words > about > kermit- a hand puppet and well, money, for those of you who didn't get it) > > Good times and will look for you all at the Emmet auditions! (that's a No > String performance!) > > > On 7/30/08 9:29 PM, "robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com" > <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com> wrote: > >> I have to be honest - and please don't be angry with me - I'm not a big >> fan of the Muppets. In the early days, I loved seeing them on the Ed >> Sullivan Show and the Jimmie Dean Show. I think that they were much more >> inventive and daring back then. And I never bought into the Kermit/Miss >> Piggy romance. It just didn't strike me as funny. >> >> Now, when I look at a site like Puppethub.com, I am frankly distressed by >> all the Muppet clones that appear in the posted videos. It's as if there >> is a large population of people who aspire to draw comic strips, and then >> work in the exact style as Charles Shultz. >> >> There's more to puppetry than foam and ping pong balls. >> >> Robert Rogers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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