puppet-shows
Staged figure performances
Puppet-shows are performances using puppets—figures manipulated by hand, strings, or rods to act out stories.
The term can describe the art form generally or specific performances: The children loved the puppet-shows at the fair.
Figuratively, a puppet-show suggests something staged or controlled behind the scenes: The trial was a puppet-show with a predetermined verdict.
String-controlled theatrical figure
- JudyCommon female name
- stageRaised performance platform
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
strings · audience · theater · act · scene · dialogue · voices · characters
Mockery exposing vice
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- subversionUndermining established authority
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
allegory · propaganda · commentary · dissent · parody · lampoon · criticism · rebellion
Agreeable diversion of attention
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
- partyGathering for celebration
- schoolPlace of instruction
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
nursery · storytime · moral · fable · interactive · colorful · whimsical · silly
marionette
String-controlled theatrical figure
booth · strings · audience · theater · act · scene · dialogue · voices · characters · manipulation
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- subversionUndermining established authority
censorship · allegory · propaganda · commentary · dissent · parody · lampoon · criticism · rebellion · protest
entertainment
Agreeable diversion of attention
educational · nursery · storytime · moral · fable · interactive · colorful · whimsical · silly · giggling
Bunraku
Japanese puppet theater tradition
- shadowLight blocked by object
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- festivalOrganized public celebration
street · carnival · fairground · itinerant · heritage · cultural · storytelling · pageant · ritual · celebration
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- controlAuthority to direct
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- orchestratedDeliberately arranged complex elements
strings · master · deception · illusion · scripted · pretense · front · charade · sham · behind-the-scenes
puppet-showsstage plays
Dramatic works for theaters
dance performances · straight plays · repertory theater · stand-up comedy · opera
puppet-showsgrand opera
Fully sung dramatic spectacle
Shakespearean tragedy · avant-garde theater · experimental theater · classical theater · legitimate theater
puppet-showsBroadway productions
Professional Manhattan theater performances
grand opera · West End theater · opera · stadium concerts · blockbuster films
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