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Oct. 29th, 2004 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickBit of a terminology issue here. I'm not at all certain that the movie (see previous post) featured puppets. Some reviews refer to the characters as marionettes and not puppets. So, y'know, I looked at Merriam-Webster, a source that may not be fully authoritative but is certainly convenient, and that's what really counts.
Puppet: (a) a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand (b) MARIONETTE
Marionette: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires
From the provided definitions, all marionettes are puppets but not all puppets are marionettes. Good. Glad that's cleared up.
"I heard the Empire has a tyrannical and repressive form of government!"
"What form of government is that?"
"A tautology." (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)
Puppet: (a) a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand (b) MARIONETTE
Marionette: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires
From the provided definitions, all marionettes are puppets but not all puppets are marionettes. Good. Glad that's cleared up.
"I heard the Empire has a tyrannical and repressive form of government!"
"What form of government is that?"
"A tautology." (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)
