Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:23:50 -0400
From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Puppetry Magazines


Fred Greenspan wrote:
> 
> Stephen,
> 
> Doesn't it just indicate that there is a much larger market for bow & arrow
> fisherman than puppeteers? Or maybe that people who are into things like that
> and monster trucks are more likely to part with their dollars for a magazine
> subscription than puppeteers are.
> 
> Puppeteers AS A GROUP seem to be not as financially well off as other,
> similiar groups. They also don't seem to think of themselves as a "profession"
> IMHO. My favourite example is the comparison with magicians.
> 
> Puppeteers call their "gatherings festivals."
> Magicians call their "gatherings conventions."
> 
> Puppeteers almost always have their festivals on a college campus and stay in dorms.
> Magicians always have their conventions in fancy hotels or convention halls
> (where the food is good, you have your own bathroom, and you don't have to
> walk a mile to get to each performance).
> 
> Magicians have their own magazine, "MAGIC", in addition to the journals put
> out by the two main magic societies (IBM & SAM).
> Puppeteers (in the U.S), as you pointed out, don't.
> 
> Food for thought.
> 
> Fred
> 
> Stephen Kaplin wrote:
> >
> > >I'm just getting back into puppetry after a 12-year break so this is kind of
> > >a newbie question...
> > >
> > >Other than the Puppetry Journal and the UNIMA magazine, what regular
> > >(English-language) periodicals are available for puppeteers? Am I correct in
> > >thinking there are NO monthly puppetry magazines/newsletters? Has there ever
> > >been? Are we that small of a community?
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >         It's hard to believe, Jay, but here we are in the last days of the
> > 20th century, and there's not one single puppet zine in the entire country.
> > There is "Animations", which is published I believe bi-monthly by the
> > Puppet Centre Trust in London, England.
> >         But it's the ugly truth-- on this side of the ocean there's nada.
> > Wander down any of those wonderfully stocked periodical racks in Borders or
> > Barnes & Noble and you find not even the teensiest b&w xeroxed crumb of a
> > mag pertaining to our craft and profession. I mean, jeez, folks, what's
> > with that?  I mean, even bow and arrow fisherman have their full-color,
> > monthly rag. Monster trucks have five or six!
> >         Sure puts puppetry's NCW (Net Cultural Worth) into clear
> > perspective-- love-fests like the one in Seattle notwithstanding.
> >
> >                                 Stephen
> >
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Poor is the word, for sure!

Mary Horsley


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