Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:56:22 -0400 From: "David A. Syrotiak" <nmt-AT-sover.net> Subject: Re: PUPT: movable mouth puppets HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 99-06-29 12:56:22 EDT, you write: > > << I think that of all the > hundreds of figures I have designed and constructed over the years 'perhaps' > a > dozen of them have moving mouths and were, I felt, absolutely necessary for > those > characters. >> > > I admit that the addition of a moving mouth takes enough time to be daunting, > but let me put it in a kid's perspective for a moment. I saw Bil Baird's > marionettes when I was pretty young, and they all, if memory serves, had > moving mouths. On the pretty characters, the harsh extra line was > disconcerting and unattractive; on the old or funny or ugly characters, it > was a plus. In puppet shows where none of the puppets had moving mouths, the > lack almost always bothered me. > So now, I tend to add a moving mouth to all animals, and to many uglier, > older, or funnier characters who talk a lot. That's a lot of ifs and maybes, > but I make a lot of puppets, and so that works to one moving jaw puppet in > every four or so. > Alice > Hobgoblin Hill Puppets > Alice: This thing about 'to animate or not to animate' is, like so many other things in puppetry, simply a matter of personal preference. I had meant to include this statement when I sent a reply but because of advancing senility I forgot - ALSO I should have prefaced the whole thing with, "This is just my personal opinion". David (the elder) --- Personal replies to: "David A. Syrotiak" <nmt-AT-sover.net> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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