From: HensonFan-AT-aol.com Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:04:49 EDT Subject: PUPT: My 2 cents' worth! Ohhh--my first post to this mailing list--the conversation was just too stimulating to hold back any longer! Just curious as to why we've not yet compared ventriloquists to the magicians/puppeteers stats we've been tossing about (i.e. shorter, fatter, etc.)... Or do we not wanna know what's in their trunks (he he he)?! I wonder if THEIR (magicians, vents) mailings lists/newsgroups are trying to figure out our population as we are commenting on theirs. Or, since there seems to be more crossover (as in vents who also consider themselves puppeteers), maybe there's more respect between these two factions? I'm fairly new to puppetry (only been doing this professionally for 8 years now), and came at it as an actor, so was surprised to find that SO MANY puppeteers frown at vents and vents at puppeteers... I'd always put them pretty much in the same category! Though I'm learning as I go. Magicians have always seemed to have their own publications, meetings, festivals, etc., so I haven't thought too much about how they fit into the grand scheme of things (thanks for your spooky insight, Preston--it amuses me to think of you as a magician--nothing up your sleeve, eh ?!?! Somehow I don't quite believe that!!). Anyway, I feel the same sort of disdain (perhaps too strong a word but the only one that comes to mind right now) from some of my theatre peers toward puppetry as I feel from my puppetry peers toward ventriloquism. Curious! Saw very, very, very little vent stuff in Seattle. Was this by design or happenstance? Any thoughts out there as to why ventriloquism is/isn't a puppetry art? Or is this a well-discussed topic that was all figured out before I joined the list? If so, can someone just post a synopsis of the "findings"? Had an awesome time in Seattle. Good to see some of you, meet some of you. How are we all settling back into our "normal" routines after that amazing, intense week? Aretta ----------------------------------- Aretta Baumgartner Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre Cincinnati, OH --- Personal replies to: HensonFan-AT-aol.com --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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