puppets

     

A puppet is a representational figure manipulate by a puppeteer. It is usually but not always a depiction of a human character and is used in a play or a presentation. The puppet undergoes a process of transformation through being animated, and is normally manipulated by one, or sometimes more than one, puppeteer. Some puppets can be moved electronically. There are lots of different things that puppets are used for. Some for entertainment, some for Politics and some for Culture.

Trivia about puppets

  • We're not stringing you along: "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" is meant to be peformed by these toys
  • Like George Pal's "Toons", director Ladislas Starevich was best known for animation using these 3-D figures
  • Instead of human actors, bunraku theatre features these, which are manipulated in full view of the audience
  • Though Bunraku theater is attended mainly by adults, the characters are these