[THEA 80L] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 16 pages long Study Guide!
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He was born sept. 24 1936 in greenville mississippi. Muppets, inc brought on ca puppeteer and writer jerry juhl. A children"s educational program by joan ganz cooney creating education equity. 1974- puppetry came to snl (escaping the children trap ) Produced in england by lord lew grade (couldn"t start in the u. s) (struggled the first year due to people not knowing about it. The muppet movie - the light side of the work. Dark crystal and labyrinth - exploring the dark side. The muppet movie is closest to autobiography that we get from the muppets. He was sick for 3 days and just left it. Gives bakhtin the lower beats upper utopian view. Straight man vs. fall guy (kermit vs. fozzie) Carnival and laughter are people"s second life organized on the basics of laughter . Frees us from the everyday via the sensuous and spectacle. Allows us to escape the everyday to participate in cosmic time .
