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Scott Land and his marionettes
He’s been working with marionettes since childhood, and even back then, he says, they weren’t exactly the ticket. But his competition wasn’t slick digital entertainment and a media-saturated society. It was The Muppets. This was the ’70s, and handheld comedic puppets were the craze. But they were also a dime a dozen, something to be made with a piece of foam and material, not an actual art form beginning with serious craftsmanship.