Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 10:05:59 -0500
Subject: PUPT: olympics and WEF



I find it fascinating that major public events of the past two weeks--the 
Olympics and the demonstrations at the World Economic Forum in New 
York--both prominently included pageantry with giant puppets.  The Michael 
Curry/Peter Minshall creations in Salt Lake City, and the Art and 
Revolution puppets in New York (connected to the energies of David Solnit) 
offer two identical estimations of the power of puppets in the 21st 
century.  So far, I've seen more examples of the political puppets in the 
pages of mass media (New York Times and Newsweek).

john bell
great small works


At 11:48 PM 2/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Just watched the opening ceremony.  To the person who asked about giant
>puppets-- there's your answer.  The wonderful creative work-- up to and
>including the shadow puppets in the giant bison-- made me proud to have
>spent  much of my life as a puppeteer.  (Okay so I didn't ever do quite
>those things, I'm still proud -- )
>Richard B. Johnson
>Husband, Father, Grandfather, Puppeteer, Playwright, Writer,
>Director, Actor, Thingmaker, Mormon, Person, Fool
>I sometimes think that the last persona is the most important
>http://www2.gasou.edu/commarts/puppet/
>Georgia Southern University Puppet Theatre
>
>
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