Puppets and Improv

We did an improv activity with the puppets and this is all that I can say about it:

Puppets are freakin' weird, man.

It's fascinating the things that puppets can get away with- assaulting people, checking their boobs out, murder- you name it. There's this strange cognitive dissonance that surrounds puppets and it's really creepy! We did a series of trading puppets and puppeteer/victim responsibilities. My fairly innocent puppet turned out to be a real pervert when people played with it which is extremely amusing.

One puppet that I felt particularly assaulted by was Frank's puppet, which was controlled by Sabrina in my case. Wow, that was a weird sentence....puppet assault. Alrighty then! Frank's puppet reminded me of a medieval elf wizard high on crack, since it was snarling and it's eyes were terribly bloodshot. Sabrina also gave the puppet this demonic voice that was really offsetting.

Overall, sitting as a victim being leered at by a puppet is a very uncomfortable feeling. I'm not quite sure what it is because I mean, they're made of paper mache! They're not real human beings! Perhaps it's the dead expressions and the fact that they're dolls that make puppets really creepy and unappealing to be around alone.