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Dell' Arte troupesof Renaissance Europe. To trace him back further.
takes us into thevery ancestry of pantomime itself back to Ancient
Rome and. ClassicalGreece and the licentious topsy turvey world of
Saturnalia and. Satyrplays. He exists in many cultures for he is one
form of The Trickstera. key figure in society's development a figure
able to turn sharedvalues. upside down for the shocked amusement of
the community and theultimate. strengthening of the bonds that
mutually bind it.Charles Dickens was also a. great admirer of the Punch
and Judy Show.Mr. Punch is frequently mentioned. in his novels. One
work The OldCuriosity Shop seems to be based almost. entirely on the
Punchtradition. The show has taken a fair amount of stick in. the past
forbeing violent or not politically correct and being flippant.
aboutdomestic violence. Charles Dickens is among those who have
nailed thisas. ridiculous.Who Are Punch and Judy Punch and Judy are
arguably the most. famoustraditional puppets in the Western World
with a colorful history. morethan years old. Mr. Punch with his hook
nose hunched back. andgarish costume is a cultural icon in England.
His unabashed jokingand. rowdy mischievous behavior have provoked
paroxyms of laughterfrom. audiences throughout time. An impressive
body of art is graced byPunch's. outrageous countenance.PUNCH Are
you a doctorHANGMAN Yes are you. alrightPUNCH No I'm
dead.HANGMAN You can't be dead.PUNCH I'm dead dead.
dead.HANGMAN How long have you been dead Mr. PunchPUNCH
About weeks.punch.
judypuppetpuppetsCodman'sTobyRhosonSeapunchpunchjudyjudyMr..
Punchpunchinellopolichinellepuppetry puppet heroswoodenheadsthat's
the. way to do itwhat a pitysomerville colwyn bayrhoson seacomical.
tragedytragical comedymr punch's operapulcinellaharlequinadehunch.
backhumpbig nose professorspunchmanprofessorsslapstickswazzle.
swazzleomiswazzlehomipunchcallitinerantmarionettes.
seasideentertainmenton the beachbeachperformerson the sands.
carnivalsThe Punch and Judy College ofProfessorsThe Punch and Judy.
Fellowshipswazzleswatchelold red noseHoban quotes him as saying
Punch is. so old he can't die.In its classical glorious sense immortality
is the. quality of whatpasses beyond death the quality of the
supraliving.. In itscontemporary version it is the quality of the surviving
that is. ofwhat is already dead and by that token becomes immortal.It's
a fine show. sir. he replied. jolly fine show. Then with aguffaw he
added And a. damned bad moral.Many of the Trickster's traits Radin
writes were. perpetuated inthe figure of the mediaeval jester and have
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