Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:04:19 EST
Subject: PUPT: Bonnie and Andrew get a great review congrat and question 'bout Humanette


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In a message dated 3/16/2002 9:24:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
acpquirk-AT-hotmail.com writes:

> Humanette describes any figure which is composed of both human and puppet 
>  parts. 

Is there a word in English or in your company or family language for a 
visible human actor or puppeteer interacting with puppets?  Humanette as 
described here seems to be a subgroup of such a performer.  In the sixtees or 
seventies someone in or around Drak Theatre coined the word "zivacek" 
(pronounce [zhivaacheck]; it means a live being).  Zivacek is used in Czech 
puppetry to these days, but I miss such a word in English.

Vit Horejs
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre

> Humanette describes any figure which is composed of both human and puppet 
>  parts. In our show, it is a puppet body with a human head. A simple enough 
>  illusion-- basically it's a ragdoll body hung around the puppeteer's neck 
>  like a bib, with a couple of arm rods-- yet it absolutely confounds 
>  children. We often get questions after the show such as "How do you make 
her 
> 
>  talk?" Often kids don't make a connection between the puppeteer (Bonnie)as 
a 
> 
>  full-sized person, and the character she plays, shich is essentially a 
>  shorter version of her self. Curious.
>  



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