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A scrap of cloth that fools your brain into seeing a soul.
means A figure, often of cloth, wood, or other material, that's moved by a person's hand or strings to seem alive; figuratively, anyone controlled by someone pulling the strings behind them.
from From the older 'poppet,' a little doll or small darling, which traces back through French 'poupette' to Latin 'puppa' or 'pupa,' meaning girl, doll — the same 'pupa' that names an insect's doll-like resting stage. The word for a child's plaything quietly grew up into the marionette, and then into the human who dances on someone else's strings.
- oldest art
- Puppetry predates written language and theater itself
- war role
- WWII puppets entertained troops and mocked dictators
- bunraku crew
- Three operators move one Japanese puppet together
- brain trick
- Humans instinctively read intent into moving objects
- shadow kings
- Indonesian shadow puppets pass down ancient epics nightly
punch and judy — british street puppet show with roots dating to 17th century italy, still performed at seaside resorts
bunraku — japanese traditional puppet theater from osaka, using life-sized dolls operated by multiple puppeteers
shadow puppets wayang — indonesian leather puppet theater depicting hindu epics, performed behind backlit screens for over 1000 years