Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:36:06 -0500 From: Mathieu <uubald-AT-magma.ca> Subject: Re: PUPT: Puppets influence on the young > >Thanks for sharing the story. One experience that drove home for me the >power of a puppet to communicate with kids happened in a department >store. We were putting together material for an upcoming corporate show, >and we decided one of our hand puppets (almost life sized, from the waist >up, with one real arm) needed a blue blazer as a costume for one of the >bits. We figured the fastest way to get one was to hit the children's >department of a store. So, with this puppet on my arm, Dave, the producer, >starts trying on different jackets on the puppet. I, of course, start >commenting on each one, as the puppet. I mean, my arm was in his head, so >as far as I was concerned, he was alive and had a right to express his >opinion of the clothes. "Does this one make my ass look fat? Does it make >me look like I HAVE an ass?" In seconds, we were surrounded by kids, all >wanting to talk to the puppet. They totally ignored me, the hairy guy >standing there with all this rubber on his hand. They only saw the puppet, >only related to the puppet, and barraged him with questions. It was a >wonderful experience. >-Bob Stone >www.serious-comedy.com Wow Bob! I love the story.Tell us more! What were they asking the puppet? I get some reactions from kids (although less direct and less crowd) , when I carry my puppets around. (I leave them unwrapped on puprose, I gotta practice manipulation sometime, right?) I have no great puppetry skill yet, still practicing, so I attribute the reaction to the AUPP. (Animating Universal Puppet Power.) There's something greater than the puppeteer... No, I'm not talking about my hands. ;) ---------------------------------------------- Mathieu RENE, CREATURISTE Marionnettes, masques, etc. Puppets, Masks, etc. http://www.magma.ca/~uubald uubald-AT-magma.ca Montreal, Canada (514) 725 - 5821 ---------------------------------------------- --- Personal replies to: Mathieu <uubald-AT-magma.ca> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Archives at: http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons
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