Puppet Responses

I agree with Maddi. I felt much more a part of the overall show because there was some sort of separation between us and the other people in the caf. Other than the fact that I could hear their voices, it was hard to tell how our "audience" was responding. As someone mentioned, some of the football guys were being assholes. This made me feel in the way and obnoxious during our first show because the people at the table in front of us were mouthing off. As we moved to a new location, though, I noticed that people were moving around--running from cart to cart--in order to see the different shows! This restored some of my hope in the mood of the viewers. I think, as many of us had predicted, that there was a wide spectrum of feelings and opinions toward our performances, although almost everyone that I talked to, when I told them the class is called Creating Spectacle, said, "oh... that makes sense."

I talked to just a few people who were in the caf at the same time we were. One of my friends said she was on a time crunch and felt stressed out by the dark lighting and eerie music. Another couldn't see the show but thought the ambiance change in the room was cool. Again another said it was just plain creepy.

I think Christopher brings up an interesting idea: should we spend any time worrying about the percentage of people who are bound to be pissed off? I think yes. While we don't necessarily think we need to back down and be afraid of bad reviews, because we all know those are bound to happen, we should think about what sorts of emotions will be present when we are going to create a derive. Some people will be stressed out or scared, and others will enjoy it. What we don't want is for those people who are feeling more negative emotions to shut down and not engage in what we are performing... somehow I think we can still pull them in.