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Author Archives: Flora
reminder
A message from shadow puppeteer extraordinaire Ange Tu’ulaupua and myself:
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great discussion of fair use
Shepard Fairey does a great job of explaining both his case and the law around fair use here. I found this to be a really interesting, useful read. Ok, off to find more blacklights, a music stand, fluorescent paint, hollow a coconut…
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worthwhile pittsburgh road-trip
hiya fellow pittsburgh puppet lovers. Looking for a way to get your puppet fix the weekend after the 24th? Road-trip to Cleveland to see my incredibly talented friend Basil Twist perform his hauntingly beautiful Dogugaeshi. Basil is a ridiculously skilled and well known puppeteer. This particular show demonstrates a very rare Japanese puppetry style. I [...]
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April 24th: Pittsburgh Puppet Weekend!
Without any planning, the weekend of April 24th has shaped up to be pretty awesome for Pittsburgh puppetry. The Cabaret’s on Friday, the National Day of Puppetry’s on Saturday and here’s 3 more puppet-related events during those three days: Fellow Pittsburgh puppeteer Tavia La Follette (founder and director of ArtUP) just announced that world famous [...]
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why the highway puppets?
Why did I name my company the Highway Puppets? The family lore is this: I’ve always been a stubborn kid. I grew up performing with my family. Mom made the puppets, wrote the shows and and booked the gigs. While she allowed my brother (Kyle) and I to ad-lib and contribute quite a bit, she [...]
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puppets are cool again?
Well, folks, Jim Henson created, muppet-style puppets are en vogue again. Last week’s 30 Rock, Apollo, Apollo, featured Kenneth’s muppetized-view of the world. The Daily Show has always been a fan. Ricky Gervais has been interviewed by Elmo. Recent romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall had an incredible vampire puppet opera finale build by the Creature [...]
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thanks for summarizing, Paul Gallico
“For in spite of the fact that it was he who sat behind the one-way curtain in the booth, animated them and supplied their seven voices, the puppets frequently acted strangely and determinedly as individuals over whom he had no control. Michel never had bothered to reflect greatly over this phenomenon but had simply accepted [...]
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