Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:11:06 -0800
Subject: Re: PUPT: Puppetry Appreciation
From: Mary R Harrison <maryrh-AT-juno.com>


Thanks guys for all your feedback.

Steve, the idea of using big names to give us legitimacy is a good one. 
Now I have to be a little embarrassed.  Picasso made puppets?  Actually
most of those names (George Sand, Paul Klee, the Bauhaus, Alexandra
Exter) surprised me. 
Where can I learn more about their puppets?

>Most folks dont see the connections between King Kong, Gumby, Wallace &
Gromit, Tim Burton and the world of  puppets.<
Which actually shouldn't be surprising, since puppeteers can't agree on
that amoung ourselves.

You also said 
>Theatre departments seem more resistant (and there is another topic for
discussion).<
Okay.  Why do you think that is.  I'm talking to two theater departments,
so theories on this would be extremely helpful.  I know that I will have
to answer these two questions.  "Why is puppetry important?" and "Why do
our students need to understand it?" Marianne Palade-Syrotiak answered
this, before I asked the question, when she said, >sometimes a puppet can
do more than an actor< but how do you explain that to a non-puppeteer. 
Especially people who've had an experience with bad puppetry?  

Mary

Mary Robinette Harrison
Other Hand Productions
maryrh-AT-juno.com
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/9662


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