{"id":8587,"date":"2018-09-09T18:32:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2018-09-09T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:58:00","slug":"bread-puppet-circus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/09\/09\/bread-puppet-circus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Bread & Puppet’s ‘Grasshopper Rebellion Circus’ In Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bread and Puppet Theater<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Grasshopper Rebellion Circus,\u201d which they performed yesterday on Cambridge Common, offered slapstick and social criticism along with \u201ccelestial grasshoppers\u201d who come to earth \u201cwhen the normal skills of jumping and uprising suffice no longer.\u201d The performance was the final event of free 2018 Summer In The City<\/a> arts in the parks series from Cambridge Arts (where I work part-time).<\/p>\n

The Glover, Vermont, troupe’s performance of giant puppets, masks and flags criticized the federal Immigration Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), celebrated a medieval Swiss cavalry\u2019s defeat by peasants, satirized an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court (\u201cWe\u2019re fascists now. \u2026 All your rights are going to fade. Your rallies and your protest signs won\u2019t do a thing to change our minds\u201d), and expressed support for the Chilean feminist student movement and \u201cwomen sales workers in India who continue to fight for the right to sit down at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Backstage getting ready for Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The circus included cars melting the arctic ice shelf, a \u201cParadise Investigation Team,\u201d a slapstick dance of a penguin with flamingos, a battle between cavemen and robots, and A Not-So-Evil-A-Tron for \u201ctransforming heinous evil into palatable banality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skits criticized America\u2019s gun culture, soldiers who killed more than 100 prisoners in a Gaza prison this spring, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pense for intending “systemic regulation of women’s bodily autonomy & general disregard for women’s rights.\u201d Skits lamented war in Yemen, honored \u201c4,645 Puerto Ricans who died after Hurricane Maria due to the negligence of authorities,\u201d and said, \u201cWe support the demands of the national prison strikers. Abolish modern day slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lots more <\/strong>Bread and Puppet coverage (including more photos) here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Backstage getting ready for Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Grasshopper Rebellion Circus” at Cambridge Common, Sept. 8, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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