Talk:Marionette

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what is control for a marionette called ? The control, or controls. The most common is called "airplane-type control" because its cross members make it look like a toy airplane. Phillip Huber developed a control he calls a "paddle" wherein many of the cross members are replaced with a single, rounded somewhat diamond-shaped panel with a couple of large holes in it to accomodate the hand. By doing away with the cross members he is able to reduce the occurence of strings getting caught in the controller.

Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Being John Malkovich 3 modern times 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Andypandy.jpg 5 Wilde quote 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Thunderbirds-marionettes.jpg

[edit] Cleanup

This article is just awful - more time is spent listing video games in which marionettes have appeared than doing basic work like describing types of marionettes, discussing the control mechanisms, talking about their history, etc. 70.171.57.254 19:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Being John Malkovich

How about some mention of the fictional life of a puppeteer in this film? Uncoolbob 09:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] modern times

All over the German speaking part of the world the Augsburger Puppenkiste is known better by far then the Salzburger Marionettentheater. I don't know how to bring this into the article, but it should be in there somewhere. Saluk 07:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Andypandy.jpg

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BetacommandBot 12:51, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Done.Number36 22:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wilde quote

I might well be wrong, but that alleged Wilde quote ("There are many advantages in puppets. They don't argue with you, they don't have any tastes in art, and they don't have anything to lose") really doesn't sound to me like Oscar Wilde, and I can't find any reliable online source suggesting that he said it. There was a citation of a web page (http://www.marionetten.at/about_e.html), but that page no longer exists. Given that all sorts of things are attributed to Wilde that he didn't actually say, I'm marking this as needing a citation. --Elysdir (talk) 04:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Thunderbirds-marionettes.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)