Subject: RE: PUPT: Re: critics
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:54:25 -0400


Trish & All:

A storyteller friend of mine (who wears her hair cut quite short) once asked
for written feedback from an audience.  Someone wrote, "Your hair is an
afront to God."

I can relate to your bumper sticker desire, too.  When I lived in southern
Ohio people were always asking me, "Have you found a church, yet?"  I always
wanted to say, "Yes, but we call it a coven."

OK, we're way off the topic now.  Sorry!

Wickedly,
Brid
 

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Sent: 9/25/02 10:46 PM
Subject: PUPT: Re: critics

So I played a relatively small Nebraska town once, most of them are
small...., and did a "variety" show.  One of my acts is a witch by the
name of Grizelda.  Now, Grizelda has never promoted her lifestyle as a
practicing witch, but she does (and did then) explain that "Witches have
careers too!  Why my cousin lives in California on the beach....  We
call her a SAND-witch!  she wants to be a stand-up comedian and when
she's acting goofy we call her a 'HAM' sand-witch!  I have a career too!
I'm and aerobics instructor and teach people, like yourselves, how to
keep fit and trim with Grizelda's 'Get Fit Quick' work out program."
She then launches into a very fast paced exercise program and gets the
audience to do an isolation exercise at the end of the routine.  Know
what?  I got FLAMED by some Wisconsin relatives of some town residents,
who just happened to be in town!  I was accused of promoting witch craft
and "..... ruining what had been a very pleasant show up to this point."
Good grief!!!!!  This happened shortly after a story teller friend of
mine was "called on the carpet" for doing some Baba Yaga stories.  We
celebrated by striping down to our shorts and tank tops and dancing
around a tree during the full moon.....

Seriously, though, sometimes people take things too personally or too
seriously and are very paranoid of EVERYTHING.  Sometimes it's JUST
entertainment, not a subversive counter culture trying to brain wash
you.  If those people are offended by the littlest thing, STAY
HOME!!!!!!  I also remember by "born again" sister leaning over and
whispering in my ear at a kids film when the Care Bears movie trailer
was on.  "The rainbow is the sign of the devil luring kids into his
......"  I then found out I could spit popcorn 15 rows!  That's gotta be
some kind of record!!!!!

Grizelda still performs, though, and since then I haven't gotten
mentioned on any witch hunt lists.  I am tempted to put the sticker, "My
other car is a broom" on my car.....  Sometimes I just can't resist
getting a rise outta people....  Confrontation does make one think.....
eventually.

I rambled on enough.  Maybe it's because I just did a puppet workshop
with 36 kids!  Thankfully there were a lot of high school and college
age helpers.  I gotta get some sleep.....

Trish


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