Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:31:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim Giugni <octorilla-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: The puppet type "word game"


I have been giving this puppet styles name thing much
thought while deleting all of the posts on bunraku and
not bunraku vs hand-and-rod-on-table-top vs
covert-under-the-counter-slide-show-projectionist.

It is my humble opinion that what ever we call a
puppetry style it will still be puppetry and in time
lessened by the public at large and mitigated to
children performance. Therefore, I (once again and
with much humility) suggest that we actively go after
names that we would like to change for social reasons.


Weapons of Mass Destruction are scare words now but in
time would become something for two year olds and the
feeble minded. "Oh ya, I liked WMD's when I was 4, but
now I'm all grown up and think they're dumb."

Terrorists would not be nearly as terrifying if you
visualized a 20 pound puppet strapped to each hand or
some one attempting to light fuzzy slippers on fire. 

Windows XP, 98, 03 et al, would become a positively
delightful experience for every one when done outside
as a Punch and Judy show. Certainly there would be
problems, such as a copyright encryption program,
having to license for each member of the audience, the
occasional crash (although XP has proven stable) and
inevitable restart, the "I've found a new program,
hardware, problem" message that pops up, the
elevndemillion security updates, the incompatible 
hardware that (*&#$! XP doesn't recognize and the fact
that XP is simply not as much fun as Linux or Mac OS
X. But all of those problems would disolve if wrapped
with a nice puppet.

Here's a brief list of other concepts and words that
puppeteers can co-opt.
Cheese, New York, CEO, IPA, IRA, Television, vox
populi, Tom Green, Presidential Candidate, Anthrax,
Pudding, Democratic Party, California.

Sorry, Bush (as in the president) has already been
co-opted, but the list can go on and on, preferably on
another newsgroup.

In my vast 6 minutes of searching the Internet for new
and exciting names for marionettist I came upon these:
(Dutch) koord trekker and générateur de fromage
(French). I am also for string monger, tangle master,
Supermarination and a live action remake of "Captain
Scarlett and the Mysterons" or "Thunderbirds are Go".
Admittedly, I made up koord trekker (Dutch) and
générateur de fromage (French). I am also for string
monger, tangle master but I did use an on-line
translation service to make them into something exotic
sounding.

So, there you have it. Two minutes of your life and
Internet bandwidth wasted.
Yours, with humility,
Tim 
Il Teatro Calamari
www.teatrocalamari.com

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