From: Michael Dowell <moodooguru-AT-gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:32:56 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Philippe Genty


Alan,
Sounds like you're lucky to have lived to tell the tale!

On Dec 12, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Alan Cook wrote:

> Back in the 1960s Philippe Genty was touring the world. He  
> performed and also made a film shown on Public Television, "Blue  
> Like an Orange" may have been the title of the film.
>
> He also performed for a Puppeteers of America Festival at Asilomar  
> CA. I rode with him from Asilomar to Los Angeles via scenic Highway  
> #1 ---and enroute he was stopped by an officer of California  
> Highway Patrol for violating umpteen laws (including speeding,  
> driving on wrong side of road and such.) He was told he'd have to  
> attend a court hearing for all the offenses, but he said he was  
> leaving the USA in a matter of days. The officer said he should  
> write to traffic court that he was leaving the country, and that  
> the judge would probably cancel the charges, and if a letter was  
> not sent, the traffic fines would double automatically, world  
> without end.   Well, the letter was never sent, and the fines  
> reached an improbable level. The next time some years later,  
> Philippe performed in California was a single booking just over the  
> border from Nevada in a desert town, followed by a hasty departure  
> I missed that performance since I did not know about it in time to  
> go. The Los Angeles Times gave his show an ecstatic review,  
> comparing it to Mummenshanz (tho actually Philippe preceded  
> Mumenshanz) and the Times asked why such a show did not reach Los  
> Angeles. If it HAD Philippe might have ended up in an L.A, jail.
>
> Finally the traffic record was dropped. Philippe made anoher  
> appearance in California at Loyola-Marymount University near LAX  
> (airport) to glowing reviews.
>
>  He was a big hit at the 1965 UNIMA Fest in Bucharest and many  
> other places, but he was not the best driver.
>
> ALAN COOK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Dowell
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:00 AM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Video: Philippe Genty (more)
>
> Thanks! Just what I was looking for.
>
> - In my enthusiasm, I believe I had misspelled the name when I first
> tried to search.
>
>
> On Dec 12, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Deborah Hunt wrote:
>
>> more about Genty
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/15/1089694477397.html
>>
>> http://www.livevideo.com/video/973A25A6B39F466FA578E37D204518B0/
>> puppeteers-of-philippe-genty-.aspx
>>
>> http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4112234.html
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Mathieu Ren=EF=BF=BD
>> <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> He certainly has a good name among puppeteers internationaly, but
>>> what
>>> frustrates me is that there's hardly anything we can see online of
>>> his
>>> work!
>>>
>>> Maybe he doesn't need the web presence.
>>> But for us new to his work, it would be practical to see some
>>> excerpts and
>>> pics.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Deborah Hunt
>> MASKHUNT MOTIONS
>> www.myspace.com/maskhunt
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>> http://hemisphericinstitute.org/artistprofiles/index.php?
>> lang=Eng&Artist=dhunt&Menu=About&Category=Bio
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