From: Kathleen David <kathodavid-AT-mac.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:36:28 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] politically correct again No, because you are depriving them of something that use to be part of circuses (and still is in some). My suggestion is that you bring the clown aspect into focus and the history of the little tramp in circuses and film and let the hobo part be there but not the focus of the puppet. I think it would be criminal to have to put him away. Kath On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:10 AM, Robert Rogers wrote: > Last week, while conducting a residency in an elementary school, I showed an array of puppets to a second grade class. One of the puppets was a tramp clown marionette that I made about 15 years ago. I made it because in the world of clowning, there is a type of clown called a tramp or a hobo, and also because other, more prominent puppeteers, have made their versions (Albrecht Roser; Bil Baird). > > One child asked me what a hobo was. Another answered, "He's a homeless person." The mood in the classroom became very sullen, and our discussion turned rather serious before I got a sense that it was time to move on. > > So my question is, what to do with this tramp clown puppet? Will he be a victim of political correctness and spend the rest of his days in a trunk? Or do I forge on ahead and keep him in the spotlight because he represents another line of theater (and circus) tradition? > > Or am I taking this all too seriously? > > 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
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