This profesori is badass, that slapstick work is bangin'! One thing that differentiates this for many Punch and Judy shows is that the puppets are so simple and not particularly flashy in any way. It's the action, the drama that makes them come alive
I had only ever seen Punch and Judy in films and I never saw them performed in real life. Yeah, they are a dysfunctional, violent couple, no doubt. I believe Punch and Judy goes back many centuries, too. Thanks, Billy! Yayy!!! -- Matt
I found these disturbing when I was a child, as my classmates would latter act these things out and beat each other up. Things always got out of hand. Watching the kids in the vid go hyper brought back some scary memories. The kids I went to school with were monsters. We had to watch this one very graphic movie with people being murdered by gladiators and fed to lions, and the "little angels" were rooting for the lions and asking to see it again. I prefer friendly puppets, like Happy. YAY!
@@bigblockman11 And look where "sensitive content" has gotten us. I fear the next major war that involves the west, anyone under the age of 30 are complete softies these days. Don't know what gender they are, don't know if they should wear trousers or a dress, don't know how to deal with "micro aggressions" and need safe spaces and inclusion policies. The closer we edge to WW3, the more I realise I'll more than likely have to serve a second time just to protect the youth from themselves!
there's one from 1901 here on youtube, with Henry Bailey of Buxton. But P&J in Britain dates from the 17th century. It came from Italy and the Commedia D'ell arte, same place we get Harlequin and Pierrot from. :)
those poor children! some of them were visibly upset or wondering WTF. punch and judy i think affected me too growing up whats up with all the beatings?
My God-I've seen some other Punch\Judy shows on YT, and while they did have some literal slapstick, overall the shows had some HUMOUR in them. This is just beating on each other .... 4.36 was too long, ugh
It’s so amoral it’s so unadult, outrageous unprofessional that’s exactly what the children love about it so much it’s the same reason such crude and gross jokes about bogies and the like appeal to them too
i can't understand a thing they're saying. I thought maybe it was in a different language, but at one point it did sound like english words. the camera keeps panning over the audience and half the kids , i can't tell if they are genuinely amused or genuinely disturbed. at one point, it looks liek this one girl was terrified. and then there was this boy that was just sitting there with a blank look, like was he catatonic or just thinking real hard, trying to process what he saw? . . . I wonder how much mental trauma these characters potentially caused. . .
Another staple that goes way back, before I was born: Larry, Curly, and Moe. The Three Stooges. Three adult men, Moe was more violent, slapstick comedy. Years later, Iggy and the Stooges (punk band a decade before the punk era). "Dirt" is a one raw song.
Who is Papa tearing those puppets? It seems apparent bat nobody is inside that showcase bikes with the exception of Harpo who is clearly not controlling them.
Let me be honest with you I seen this quite a lot and in my opinion it’s not for kids it shows punch beating a cat and hitting Judy which is assault now am 15 and my mum shows me this from the old days and this shows domestic violence and in some episodes racism and I don’t like this show and yea it might be stupid complaining about this even tho there puppets but it’s still no right and it’s showing kids violence
While I do believe that too many people these days takes things to extremes in regard to being overly sensitive about certain aspects of entertainment and also there is a failure to understand things within the context of the period in which it was originally presented, I actually agree with you that Punch and Judy shows were not truly appropriate children's fare. Punch and Judy shows go back literally for centuries, and the humor is definitely crude. It's mostly a slapstick style of humor, but it appears to be based on violence for its own sake with no actual comeuppance for the abuser that I am aware of. Such shows seem to have faded away by the mid-20th century, as I don't recall having ever actual seem a modern Punch and Judy show performed publicly for children. Maybe they still are going on somewhere, and I am just unaware of it? Even then, I wonder if a modern performance would be done as part of some educational presentation on the historical forms of entertainment? Thanks for your comment and view.
