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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:51:42 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Wikipedia puppetry entries


>>"Puppets are not cute, like muppets. Puppets are effigies and gods and
>meaningful creatures"
>- Peter Schumann, Bread and Puppet Theatre
>  From this link:
>http://www.libcom.org/history/articles/radical-puppetry/
>>mjm

>That really is bad. How could one make such a
>statement?   That's like saying "People have
>blonde hair and green eyes, and always vote."
>Steve Axtell

I agree with Michael and Steve. There should have been something previous to 
the sentence, mentionning it is HIS vision of what puppets are. Such as: "To 
me, puppets are not..."

Sadly, too many people won't see the difference between a personal opinion 
and one widely recognised, unless it is labeled appropriately.

To me, puppets ARE cute, no matter how ugly. To me, puppets can be anything 
we need them to be.
To me, Muppets are puppets. To me, the most important thing is to make and 
perform puppetry, however people label it to be. Although to me, labels are 
still important in that they can help everybody, including newcommers and 
outsiders to understand the field easier.

With the advent of the internet, the amount of information is so staggering 
that we should at least make an effort to be as clear as possible.





Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
www.creaturiste.com
(514) 274-8027
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Axtell" <steve-AT-axtell.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Wikipedia puppetry entries


> At 1/22/2006 12:06 PM, you wrote:
>>Yikes!
>>I went to the Wikipedia site.
>>Yikes!
>>"bad beyond belief" may be an understatement...?
>>But, like so much info on the www, some intriguing links. (interesting
>>to me at least)
>>Like this quote:
>>"Puppets are not cute, like muppets. Puppets are effigies and gods and
>>meaningful creatures"
>>- Peter Schumann, Bread and Puppet Theatre
>>  From this link:
>>http://www.libcom.org/history/articles/radical-puppetry/
>>
>>mjm
>
> That really is bad. How could one make such a
> statement?   That's like saying "People have
> blonde hair and green eyes, and always vote."
>
>
> Steve Axtell
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