Around the World With Mr. Punch | Vol. 8 No. 2 March 2005 | Page 6 |
REVIEWS
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Punch and Judy
Episode 2: Attack of the Clowns reviewed by Jane Savage of Leicester (reprinted with acknowledgements to www.puppeteersUK.com ) Punch and Judy, three little words which provide heated arguments all over the place. Or, as in the case of one American Showbiz Bear named Edgar, Punch and Judy seems like an old fashioned show in need of updating. So Edgar (story structure theorist and script doctor) and his ventriloquist pal Josh Darcy decide to see for themselves what Punch and Judy is all about and give it a new direction. We meet them on stage flanked by two Punch and Judy booths. With the co-operation of Professors Glyn Edwards and Martin Bridle Episode 2: Attack of The Clowns is created before our very eyes. Out goes old mob-capped Judy, in she comes, peroxide ponytail poking through her baseball cap, still the eternal nagging wife. Now Punch is left baby-sitting with the quins, who are the result of a brilliantly demonstrated contemporary issue. No subject is too sacred to be spared the attack of the clowns. The puppets unflinchingly expose our fears, turn them into farce and make us laugh laugh heartily because we know we shouldnt. Fred Greenspan's Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy |
Having the Last Laugh
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THE good burghers of Bodmin must be wishing they'd never heard of Punch and Judy. The media bashing the town council has taken over its concerns for the future of the puppet show must have felt a bit like being hit by the painful end of Mr. Punch's stick". So
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Toby's Tailpiece
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PUNCH MAKES £162.5 MILLION FROM BOTTLE
NO connection with Old Red Nose sad to say but the above headline was inspired by the following piece of news forwarded by Ray DaSilva from a financial news release dated Dec 2nd 2004. Punch Taverns, the UKs second-largest pub company, has sold 545 of its less profitable pubs to Pubfolio, a private special purpose vehicle, for a cash sum of £162.5m ($316m). Well, we can all dream cant we? |
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