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Shadow puppetry has a long and I guess honorable (I mean, as honorable as puppetry can get.) history in Japan, and Asia in general. I was suggesting that these guys would not have to so far afield for their mad inspiration.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: Well, he seems to have been referring to the use of a black backdrop and black costumes to make people invisible. That's been in use since long before these ping-pong guys did it. I don't see why it couldn't have originated in Prague. Or simply been most popular there.
"Black Theatre of Prague" or something like that. Big Czech theatre company, known worldwide.
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that was great. It wasn't until they moved away from the backdrop that i even realized how they were doing it. the view from above was absolutly inspired.
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