So I was walking up and down Rue Mouffetard, getting my morsels for the next few days, and I came across (and took a video of) this little menagerie of old people puppets! They were mesmerizing. Notice in the video a lady came up to me while I was filming. This is what I understood:
“bla bla bla program bla bla January bla bla” then she handed me a brochure. But I understood that she was telling me something about this street spectacle and more information was in the brochure. PROGRESS! I even nodded and said they were cool IN FRENCH. She understood. MORE PROGRESS!
The Google translation of this street theatre delight:
At the corner of a street Mouffetard district, you will be surprised by strange characters. Available, dedicated, eager, a little intrusive but terribly endearing and full of good will, a dozen small elderly disarming make efforts to carry out their mission: to simplify your life, willingly or by force! Where you will find they are, with your bag there, organizing traffic here, also arranging the bookshelves …
More info on these cute characters.
Trés cool…except your link is wrong at the top
http://www.youtube.com/embed/bHFw00D3ObU
Thanks for the heads up Wendy. Embedding the video didn’t work so I just added a link. Simplify and presto! Works.
Ugh, I sent this post out and the link to the video didn’t work. I fixed it. Oh thanks YouTube. #@#$@#$!!!
Love the video. What fun!
How fun! I loved hearing you speak French on the video too. This kind of made me think of the stage production of War Horse I saw last year. It’s pretty cool when the people sort of just disappear and all you really focus on is the puppets.
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