Date: 17 Jun 97 10:57:42 +0500
From: puppetco-AT-thepuppetco.org (Christopher Piper)
Subject: Re: Is it all done by mirrors?


>> From: RDemers154-AT-aol.com

>> But consider this ...  Which is more awesome; seeing a puppet
>>levitate or seeing a real human being levitate?  The art of magic
>>involves the experience of AWE ...something happens which is not
>>natural or expected of HUMAN beings.

Mark Levenson replied:

>you're right that it's not magic when a marionnette levitates off the
>floor.  but how about when a hand puppet does it, with a hand puppet
>magician passing a hoop completely around it?

This may be apocryphal, but I have heard that J. M. Barrie stipulated in
his will that his play "Peter Pan" could never be performed with
puppets, because of course there was no magic in puppets flying.  I
think he was considering marionettes rather than hand puppets. :)

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