In Netflix's Eric, puppets steal the show. But their stellar inclusion begs the question: why are they so often relegated to solely kids' media?
It is a truth that must be universally acknowledged: people love puppets. Puppetry is one of the most endearing artforms in human existence. An artform of overwhelming fondness. They invite us to play pretend, to accept a felted reality and talk to a creature rather than acknowledge a hand.
It’s a rare instance of puppetry trying to branch out from its childhood associations. The inclusion of puppetry in’s narrative is because of a children’s TV show, yes, but the show uses the artform as a way to discuss its much darker subject matter.was wary of puppetry being defined by a certain demographic. “He was concerned about getting pigeonholed into the children’s television, children’s entertainment world,” Carr said. “He was not sure that he wanted to doback in the day because of that.
For Carr, the presence of puppetry in a dark show also works to combat many of the stereotypes around puppeteers. “You generally have these that don’t have the complexity of problems that adults have, and there is a level of innocence to that.
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