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performers who never break character, never demand a raise, and never upstage you—on purpose.
ancient craftPuppetry predates written history by thousands of years
war casualtySicilian puppet shows once staged Crusade battles for illiterate crowds
bunraku precisionThree puppeteers operate one Japanese figure in silence
jim hensonMuppets started as a 1955 local TV ad gig
uncanny lineMarionettes have thirteen-plus strings for lifelike collapse and walk