GEEEEEEEEEEEE. I wish I was there, I wish it so bad, the Scav one was much, much better than you give it credit for, especially in person---your eye contact was really great, once your muscles understood that Muppet eyes are higher on the head than you usually accounted for. Remember practicing behind Ramya's chair?
Well, the thing is, if I plan on cultivating this skill (and I do) I need to be able to muppeteer convincingly enough to hold an audience's attention. Bad puppetry, just like bad acting, bad singing, and bad dancing, can often be detected by the layest of laypeople.
Second, I do want to go somewhere with this eventually, so if I suck, it's not as though it's a neutral predicament. I plan on auditioning for Sesame Street after a few years in the law profession, so until then, I'm going to keep practicing and (hopefully) improving.
Prikanko! I challenge your analogy. I do not believe that the layperson can detect bad acting or dancing. Dancing is too esoteric for the average person to accurately critique, imo. And bad acting? I hear people saying things ALL THE TIME like "Oh, I like Matt Damon," and "300 is a good movie!" and "Yeah, I'm glad they made 3 Pirates movies." (This last one could just as easily be 3 Spiderman movies or x-men 3.)
Anyway, the point is, good job with the muppet madness. Have children!
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Fact: Most people you perform in front of know nothing -- and never will know anything -- about muppeteering.
There's nothing to worry about. Even if you suck, most of us lack the knowledge to call you out on it.
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Second, I do want to go somewhere with this eventually, so if I suck, it's not as though it's a neutral predicament. I plan on auditioning for Sesame Street after a few years in the law profession, so until then, I'm going to keep practicing and (hopefully) improving.
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That's pretty cool.
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Anyway, the point is, good job with the muppet madness. Have children!
-Zac
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