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Fraggles, Skeksis and Labyrinth..oh my!
15 years ago
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So, my birthday was Sunday. My husband took me to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, since we had both been wanting to go ever since he found out about it.
They put on shows, but we didn't get to see any. Our purpose in going was entirely for the museum.
One part is a little more "mature" - the international puppet exhibit. Great exhibit, but even as an adult some of the puppets in there kind of give you the heebie-jeebies and I imagine it'd freak a lot of kids right out. They have puppets from around the world in various styles and have boards up talking about some of the puppetry styles you don't see as much here in North America, like shadow screens.
The international puppets were neat, but there were a few Jim Henson pieces on display. One of the goblins from Labyrinth (either from the "Magic Dance" scene or the scene where the goblins are waiting for her to say the right words before whisking Toby away), Link Hogthrob and another puppet from the "Pigs in Space" skits from The Muppet Show and...a Skeksis. Specifically, the General. The display also had the "trial by stone" sword.
That costume/puppet was impressive in The Dark Crystal, but it's an entirely different thing to see it in person. There is SO much detail on the Skeksis that you never really get to see in the movie. The layers of lace, the paintwork on the plates...it's really impressive to see.
The entirely kid-friendly display is all Jim Henson Studios work. I was grinning the whole time we were wandering because the vast majority of the puppets on display were a large part of my childhood. Fraggle Rock (full size Red and Mokey, all the small-scale fraggles, several doozers), Muppets (Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf, Kermit), Labyrinth. I fangirled so very hard upon seeing the Labyrinth stuff and I actually squeed when I came up to Sir Didymus. Aside from him, there was also the four guards who ask Sarah the riddle, some of the hands from Sarah's fall into the Oubliette and one of the two door knockers (the one who can't hear).
Lastly, there was something from a more recent love of mine, Farscape. One of the DRD's. Pity it wasn't 1812, but still...damn cool.
They're planning an entire wing dedicated to Jim Henson stuff, so I'll definitely be going back there when that happens!
They put on shows, but we didn't get to see any. Our purpose in going was entirely for the museum.
One part is a little more "mature" - the international puppet exhibit. Great exhibit, but even as an adult some of the puppets in there kind of give you the heebie-jeebies and I imagine it'd freak a lot of kids right out. They have puppets from around the world in various styles and have boards up talking about some of the puppetry styles you don't see as much here in North America, like shadow screens.
The international puppets were neat, but there were a few Jim Henson pieces on display. One of the goblins from Labyrinth (either from the "Magic Dance" scene or the scene where the goblins are waiting for her to say the right words before whisking Toby away), Link Hogthrob and another puppet from the "Pigs in Space" skits from The Muppet Show and...a Skeksis. Specifically, the General. The display also had the "trial by stone" sword.
That costume/puppet was impressive in The Dark Crystal, but it's an entirely different thing to see it in person. There is SO much detail on the Skeksis that you never really get to see in the movie. The layers of lace, the paintwork on the plates...it's really impressive to see.
The entirely kid-friendly display is all Jim Henson Studios work. I was grinning the whole time we were wandering because the vast majority of the puppets on display were a large part of my childhood. Fraggle Rock (full size Red and Mokey, all the small-scale fraggles, several doozers), Muppets (Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf, Kermit), Labyrinth. I fangirled so very hard upon seeing the Labyrinth stuff and I actually squeed when I came up to Sir Didymus. Aside from him, there was also the four guards who ask Sarah the riddle, some of the hands from Sarah's fall into the Oubliette and one of the two door knockers (the one who can't hear).
Lastly, there was something from a more recent love of mine, Farscape. One of the DRD's. Pity it wasn't 1812, but still...damn cool.
They're planning an entire wing dedicated to Jim Henson stuff, so I'll definitely be going back there when that happens!
Farscape, YAY!
The Farscape DRD was definitely cool. Now, if they somehow manage to get Pilot and have him as part of the new wing when it opens, I do believe I'd end up fangirling just as much as I did upon seeing Sir Didymus!
"The Trash-heap has spoken, NYYAAAAAAAH!"