It's a child thing?

How ironic to hear that so many times. The old 70's terminology "Macho" more true meaning Machismo derived from Spanish meaning masculinity.

or another terminology that faded from the 70's to the 80's and burst like a sickness.

"That's Gay" Well her is what the true meaning was having or showing a merry, happy or lively mood. Oh you play with puppets?! If you really want to bash their comment party the comment would be.... No I am manipulating the puppet. They would lose it and make accusations of what you have just said. in puppetry manipulating is this; to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance:

Society needs Pepto Bismol so they can get all the diuretic ignorance out of there head. We bounce words into inappropriate nature. For instance the name Richard the nick name was "Dick"

Wow automatically this is deemed inappropriate. So it is with puppetry in some circles of society.

There is people who still go to a opera or plays. A puppet show is not different. There is just puppets who are the actors or actresses being controlled by a puppeteer. Ventriloquism uses puppetry to interact by using a puppet some call a dummy. There are marionettes using strings to

control the puppets manor and movements.

So how does this affect the puppeteer? Well some older generations are stepping up and giving testimony about there times watching puppets. Sesame Street, Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody,

the original a "Time for Beany" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMQL0wW8wns) In the 70's also "Madame" who stared in so may shows. Or the mid 80's with Alf which had 4 season which consisted of human puppetry and a hand puppet. And of course Yoda who was the same part human puppetry and a hand puppet. In Team America World Police Scott Land was the Lead puppeteer among other puppeteers which were all Marionettes.

In Europe Puppetry still is a staple of entertainment but in the United States it has fallen short to video and blue screen images. But there has been a comeback in may ways. The Muppet's and even in some lending commercials. So when you see someone doing a puppet show don't comment with negativity or thoughts of wrong. Stop and enjoy the show.

Woodchuck

My version of Cecil in a "time for Beeny" this is seasull