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finelythreadedsky · 1 month

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i do think a muppet version of a greek tragedy would get at something deep and essential about the way a character is created and understood on the ancient stage as a construct of costume rendered voiced by a concealed body, something that is perhaps impossible to capture within modern unmasked theatrical traditions

#we are externalizing the voice here. ok wait i know what i need to read tomorrow #puppets are interesting to me again but now as a matter of body and costume rather than agency and free will #cracking the tragic mask on the corner of the skene like an egg #the character's body not coterminous with the actor's body #mine #bodycostume

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