From: "Bear Town" <beartown-AT-bear-town.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Re: Thoughts on Avenue Q
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:54:34 -0500


Here, here! A lot of the puppetry out there is absolute dreck - and not just
on TV! There's a lot of terrible puppet shows out there, but I think even
the most ill-informed audiences can tell the difference even if they can't
always articulate what that difference is.

> Mary is correct, it does become natural, but you should always strive
> for
> better.  The general public is used to slock. They watch it on their TVs
> everyday.  The Art of puppetry should bring them more from a
> performance.
> Something to take away with them that they couldn't have gotten
> otherwise.
> This doesn't mean that every performance has to be this deep meaningful
> piece, only that the interaction of the puppets might tell them
> something
> about themselves or make the laugh at something they couldn't have
> otherwise,
> or helped them see something from someone else's perspective, or simply
> to
> learn something in a way they will never forget.




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