If Your Kid Isn’t Terrified Of Puppets
May 15, 2007 by Katherine Coble
Then this event might be the thing for you:
Many of you probably already know about the Nashville Public Library’s
marionette shows (at the downtown branch), but this Friday author D.
Anne Love will be present to talk about her book The Puppeteer’s
Apprentice following the 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 presentations of Hansel &
Gretel.The book is appropriate for ages 8-12, and it is a beautiful story of a
pre-teen protagonist who aspires to be a puppeteer’s apprentice. Full
of mystery, suspense and realism, the story is set in England in the
Middle Ages.The author will sign copies of the book (available in paperback for
only $5) following each talk.Take a pre-teen to the show and treat him or her to a signed copy of
this beautifully-written book! The majority of the proceeds will
benefit Humanities Tennessee.Emily Booth Masters
Director, Tennessee Young Writers Programs
Humanities Tennessee
306 Gay Street, Suite 306
Nashville, TN 37201
615-770-0006 (x15)
615-770-0007 (FAX)
www.humanitiestennessee.org
I will not be going, as I associate most puppets with clowns.
If the book is set in medieval England, why does it have a marionette on the cover? Grrrrrrrrrrr.
Because it’s about puppets, I guess.
Did they not have marionettes in medeival England? Because if not, I may have to move there after all. In spite of the lack of toilet paper.
They had hand puppets, and stick puppets, but marionettes only just started showing up in the later 15th century, and didn’t become common until the 18th. So you might have liked it. But then you have to balance it with the lack not only of toilet paper, but also of underpants, which were also a later innovation.
If I could wipe my butt with clown puppets, I might like it fine.
Really I kind of find a lot of puppets/marionettes much creepier than clowns. Some anyway.
Puppets/marionettes are controlled, typically, by non-puppets/marionettes. Clowns on the other hand, answer to no one.
Clowns aren’t bound by the commandments? Well, that explains a lot. Oh, wait, it’s KC who doesn’t like clowns; I do like them. Nevermind.
Really I kind of find a lot of puppets/marionettes much creepier than clowns
My uncle was a ventriloquist and had a clown-dummy named Seasick.
I associate clowns with puppets because of this.
And I associate puppets with dead wooden children kept under my bed in a box whenever my uncle came to visit.
::shudder:: ::weeps::