Chinese Glove Puppetry

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One of the pleasures of writing is the odd places that research takes you.  As witness the video clip below.

Back in my college days, I had a friend who ran a summers-only puppet troupe called Moxie Marionettes.  The name came from his conviction that anybody could be a puppeteer -- that all it took was moxie.

Well, my friend had moxie a-plenty, but that's another story.  More relevant is the fact that while, yes, close to anybody with moxie can, with some research, practice, and hard work put on a puppet show, there is a huge gulf between mere puppetry and great puppetry.

The clip below being a good example of the latter.

Enjoy!  You can find Part 2 here.

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