"What is important about the types of stories and issues told and explored by puppets?"
"Puppets can tell stories that cannot necessarily be performed by humans, such as stories involving the supernatural or extreme fantasy elements. Puppets are also capable of exploring issues that would otherwise be inappropriate for humans to perform, taking something that could easily offend and make it less so, allowing for the audience to appreciate the message."
Puppets can take a scene that may be hard to act out as humans, or a scene that is hard to be seen from an audience stand point due to the nature of it (such as lynching as discussed in class)and by doing the scene through a puppet, it is an easier thing to watch. You can also take puppets and use then more something that may come across as offensive, because not many people can be offended by an act of a puppet.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing the "not being offended by puppets" is that although it may not have personally offended political powers it still created potential problems for them. Confucian philosopher Xhu Xi was a popular target for trying to ban puppetry and in result the government had to sen in government officials in-cognito as an early warning sign against uprisings. Perhaps the point of jesting at political figures meant more than just that. Purhaps they were trying to fuel uprisings.
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