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Maulleigh
06/12/09

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I'd be way into that too!
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Miss. Money-Sterling
06/12/09

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Bunraku is awesome. I saw a women's troupe from Japan about ten years ago and they were regarded as being pretty subversive, as a lot of the traditional arts in Japan are still really segregated by gender, and stuff like puppetry is still regarded as being in the male domain.

You want to see harsh realities in your Japanese performing arts? Head over to youtube and take a gander at Butoh!
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LolaQuinn is full of beans
06/12/09

@Miss. Money-Sterling: Wow. I never thought of something as neutral as puppets could be considered a domain of one gender or another. It's like, what else can we make gendered? No 2 pencils for men, pens for ladies? Sitting-down for men, but ladies must remain in a firm squat?

Crazy.
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notbodacious
06/12/09

In reply to The Master Puppeteer
Bunraku is awesome. I studied it a few years ago while in college with the Tonda Ningyou bunraku troupe -- a lot of us in the program were women. Regardless of gender, all of us got to learn how to manipulate the puppets, do the chanting or even play the shamisen. It was a great summer in Japan, definitely got to learn a lot about this lesser-known Japanese art that is the granddaddy of kabuki :)
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poires et poireaux
06/12/09

@notbodacious: I'd love to learn more about Japanese theatre and other performing arts. There seems to be a whole different realm of styles. My friend who had lived in Japan for a while got into some dance form (I forgot what it's called), but it sounds like it was such a moving (no pun intended) experience.
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morninggloria
06/12/09

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It's true, I cannot talk unless I am being fisted.
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LadyFabulous
06/12/09

@morninggloria: COTD!
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Raspberry Swirly
12/01/08

In reply to Puppet Regime
Can I have a mini electric chair? It's rather neat.
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LaComtesse
12/01/08

In reply to Puppet Regime
Is it totally weird that this is the second puppet drama involving historical, Jewish figures that has crossed my desk today?

[www.mjhnyc.org]
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badmutha
12/01/08

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In other news, a play-doh expert is planning an opera called "Bush." Just as in real life, some one else will think for him, speak for him, and generally be responsible for everything he does.
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Annabellie
12/01/08

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This is somewhat off topic, but is there anyone else who can't hear about the Rosenbergs without thinking about Sylvia Plath? Or is it totally just me?
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badmutha
12/01/08

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While I appreciate the symbolism of the marionettes, I think it is just plain mean to represent the children as teddy bears. Such as.

Won't someone think of the children!
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ineffable.me
12/01/08

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so does this mean that somewhere there is a building with a half floor with a portal that leads into john maalkovich's head?
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