Two instances of bunraku puppetry, used to brilliant effect—one where Cho Cho San dreams a version of her marriage to Pinkerton (played by a male dancer), in which her tiny, stiff fragility and his overwhelming rude strength are parodically stripped to their most disturbing essence, and one in which her son is consistently played by a puppet whose three supporting puppeteers fade from the memory with startling swiftness.
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Date: 2009-04-20 02:54 am (UTC)Oh, wow. I'm sorry I didn't see that.
Organize the Golem poem response.
(Yay!)