Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 18:51:32 -0400
From: Andrew Periale <perryalley-AT-rscs.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Re: Puppet types: names, + Lexicon of puppetry terms


> So, in a nutshell, the Japanese use another term for what we American
> puppeteers think we are referring to when we say "bunraku;"
>

Precisely.

>  therefore
> use of the term "bunraku" is not a denigration of some idealized form
> of puppetry, but rather a term of respect in referring to the home of
> the best-known example of said form.
>

Arguably, yes . . .

>
> I'm calling it bunraku. There is enough of a general understanding of
> this term in the general population that to start using a new term
> would be confusing. Beta or VHS? DAT or MiniDisc? Netscape or Explorer?
> While we're arguing everyone has moved on to the next thing that's not
> worried about what to call itself.
>

Bravo!

A.


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