The Muppets had the ability to become a household name. It is all due to the famous Jim Henson, but most people do not know about other puppets such as the marionette and the uber-marionettes. Some people even prefer these puppets over human actors, but there are some essential differences between the two. Just like there are difference between the Muppets and the marionettes, and that is why the Muppets cannot represent the ideal of Kleist and Craig’s uber-marionette style.
The muppets does not fit into the image of an uber-marionette because, the uber-marionette is linked to the divine. ‘The uber-marionette will not compete with life - rather will it go beyond it.”(Craig, 84). This comes to show that the uber-marionette was on a level where …show more content…
He said “The marionette appears to me to be the last echo of some noble and beautiful art of a past civilization”(Craig, 82). This illustrates that he felt that the marionette was the last type of elegant art that could have happened in his time. Then he goes on to say “All puppets are now but low comedians”(Craig, 82). This demonstrates that he feels that there are no more puppets that existed to give off a serious message, and they have all been created just to make people laugh. This is important because, the muppets fit into that comedic category that Craig was talking about. The muppets are known for their funny satire, and as a result they are not taken as seriously. In the Muppet Movie when Ms. Piggy won the beauty pageant. There were all these pretty women, and that one out of all of them is the pig.(Muppet Movie) This was their attempt to make fun of the beauty pageants that go on today.Also, another way they appeal to that comedic side is they create the weirdest relationships. As stated earlier, the Muppets have very differently styled puppet, yet Jim Henson uses that to his advantage and creates relationships that would not happen in real life. For instance, in the Muppet Movie, after Ms. Piggy won the beauty pageant, her and Kermit locked eyes and it was love at first sight. They started to go on dates, and she even joined them for their road trip.(Muppet Movie) Now of course in real life this would not …show more content…
In Kleist’s article he states, “form of movement absolutely natural to the extremities of the human body on account of the joints, and so presenting no great difficulties to the puppeteer”(Kleist, 180). This shows that the puppeteer can do things with his puppets that would be immensely hard for the dancers to pull off. Having the ability to do that, makes it much easier for the puppeteer to make their performances more majestic. He even comes to add about their puppets, “all the other limbs are, as they should be, inert, mere pendulums, obeying only the law of gravity; an admirable quality which one looks for in vain among the majority of our dancers”(Kleist, 181). This demonstrates that dancers do not have the ability that most puppets do to be able to keep their limbs inanimate. This also shows how actor’s bodies are restricted by gravity, but when it comes to puppets their body is free. There is an exception due to the limbs, but that is exactly what makes the puppets that much more enticing to
The muppets does not fit into the image of an uber-marionette because, the uber-marionette is linked to the divine. ‘The uber-marionette will not compete with life - rather will it go beyond it.”(Craig, 84). This comes to show that the uber-marionette was on a level where …show more content…
He said “The marionette appears to me to be the last echo of some noble and beautiful art of a past civilization”(Craig, 82). This illustrates that he felt that the marionette was the last type of elegant art that could have happened in his time. Then he goes on to say “All puppets are now but low comedians”(Craig, 82). This demonstrates that he feels that there are no more puppets that existed to give off a serious message, and they have all been created just to make people laugh. This is important because, the muppets fit into that comedic category that Craig was talking about. The muppets are known for their funny satire, and as a result they are not taken as seriously. In the Muppet Movie when Ms. Piggy won the beauty pageant. There were all these pretty women, and that one out of all of them is the pig.(Muppet Movie) This was their attempt to make fun of the beauty pageants that go on today.Also, another way they appeal to that comedic side is they create the weirdest relationships. As stated earlier, the Muppets have very differently styled puppet, yet Jim Henson uses that to his advantage and creates relationships that would not happen in real life. For instance, in the Muppet Movie, after Ms. Piggy won the beauty pageant, her and Kermit locked eyes and it was love at first sight. They started to go on dates, and she even joined them for their road trip.(Muppet Movie) Now of course in real life this would not …show more content…
In Kleist’s article he states, “form of movement absolutely natural to the extremities of the human body on account of the joints, and so presenting no great difficulties to the puppeteer”(Kleist, 180). This shows that the puppeteer can do things with his puppets that would be immensely hard for the dancers to pull off. Having the ability to do that, makes it much easier for the puppeteer to make their performances more majestic. He even comes to add about their puppets, “all the other limbs are, as they should be, inert, mere pendulums, obeying only the law of gravity; an admirable quality which one looks for in vain among the majority of our dancers”(Kleist, 181). This demonstrates that dancers do not have the ability that most puppets do to be able to keep their limbs inanimate. This also shows how actor’s bodies are restricted by gravity, but when it comes to puppets their body is free. There is an exception due to the limbs, but that is exactly what makes the puppets that much more enticing to