Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:03:31 EST
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] Good vs Bad Puppetry



In a message dated 1/12/06 5:50:19, bfall-AT-TOLEDOLIBRARY.ORG writes:


> So let me ask this question:
> Can a bad puppetry show be better than no puppetry show at all?
> 
> 
When Bad Puppetry turns an audience against puppetry completely, yes, it's 
worse than none at all.   I've had "presenters" at Arts Conferences tell me they 
wouldn't book another puppet show because their audiences walked out of the 
last one!   So it ruined it for us all. Many of the public are not sufficiently 
sophisticated to distinguish good from bad.   I'm doubly amazed at hearing 
this from presnenters.

I'm also amazed when people ask for their money back when they don't enjoy a 
show... hasn't happened to me, thank God.   Do they also ask for money back at 
the cinema or if their sports team loses?   To the presenters, I ask, "Have 
you ever had another show flop, a singer, musical group, theater group, etc? 
Did you see the puppet group before you booked them?"   Musicians, actors, 
acrobats and puppeteers vary in what they offer in quality and content.   Why are 
all puppeteers gauged by one disappointing show?   Yes, Bad puppetry can turn 
off the public.

 Jim Gamble
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