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Puppets
What is this need to have such curious things as puppets? Why do we respond so deeply to a
puppet? All great art forms, both high art and low culture, have at least one major dalliance
with a puppet, or at least inanimate characters impossibly coming to life. Literature has
Pinocchio
and
Frankenstein
; myths have the
Golem
and
Prometheseus
; Opera has
The Tales
of Hof man
; dance has
Petruschka
and
Coppelia
; cinema has simply dozens ranging from
Metropolis
through
Dead of Night
,
Chucky
and
Mannequin
, to
The Iron Giant
. The appeal
of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(and
The Love Bug
) is based on an inanimate object supposedly
having life, and that the best present for Baron Bomburst is a couple of living dolls.
Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes as the living puppets in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(Richard
Haynes).
Likewise in
Mary Poppins
, the most exciting day out is spent in the company of animated
characters, making it a 'jolly holiday. The equivalent scene in the glorious stage musical has
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