r/BeAmazed • u/BaseNice3520 • 1d ago

Skill / Talent King Kong giant puppet practice (from a Melbourne play)

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u/catinadoodledoo 1d ago

omg! how many times a day his this play going to run, because this looks mad physical! 😅

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u/GeneralAyub 1d ago

People pulling those ropes are definitely gonna build muscles same as the puppet should the play go on a few more times.

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u/Technical-Clue-3483 1d ago

I saw this show and you need to imagine all the puppeteers wearing black against a dark backdrop with a crazy light and laser show going on. It was incredibly impressive! King Kong slowly came out from the darkness for his first appearance and although I remember the actual music from the show being fairly non-remarkable, the puppet was insane. I'd forget the puppeteers were even there, and then occasionally look for them and see them jumping around. So good.

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u/fnbannedbymods 1d ago

The way they all work together to make him run, as impressive as the puppet. Very cool!

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u/Temporary-Truth-8041 1d ago

Those dudes in the rear are living dangerously

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u/Accurate_Pickle809 1d ago

Man, puppets and puppeteers are so cool.

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u/WorkingInAColdMind 1d ago

We need an update from somebody local who goes to see this when it opens. Is it as cool as it looks here? How ripped are the puppeteers?

Also, think about the people you went to high school with who went to art school to major in puppetry…not what you expect!

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u/solipticnightmare 1d ago

Oh it opened and closed about a decade or so ago. It then ventured to a completely rewritten version on Broadway with a different creative team behind it. Now it is finished.

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u/WorkingInAColdMind 1d ago

Bummer. But somebody’s still got that gorilla. Stick that on the porch for Halloween.

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u/RowInevitable7986 1d ago

Wow!! when is the show?

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u/magirevols 1d ago

The mouth shapes are crazy

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u/SadMap7915 1d ago

OK. That was impressive.

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u/Reasonable-Media5378 1d ago

Very clever and imaginative.

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u/Washburn201961 1d ago

Incrdible. I wonder if it's the same bunch that did, War Horse?

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u/Awkward-Dog-9182 1d ago

That's pretty wild.

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u/TheStoneArrow 1d ago

He’s ascending!!

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u/Yakuza_Matata 1d ago

Somehow I keep worrying about the operators getting stepped on, despite knowing it's them making Kong move.

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u/izzyusa 1d ago

Ok. I was amazed! Very cool

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u/ADadNotAPerson 1d ago

This hurts my back

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u/myfyp2 1d ago

This looks exhausting. I'm going to lie down.

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato 1d ago

What an ambitious design! It's gorgeous.

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u/atmosk2090 1d ago

I’m exhausted watching this

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u/Key-Contribution7397 1d ago

Wow! Hard work! Good job! 👍

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u/deadspacekillers 1d ago

They should have just gotten the real King Kong instead of this bullshit.

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u/DarthMaulATAT 1d ago

I would laugh so hard but also be so impressed if we got a theater play of Kong vs Godzilla

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u/Michael_475DL 1d ago

The show was done at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne and was an absolute amazing and brilliant performance by all involved, I was working at the Theatre when it premiered and was there throughout the whole season of shows it was just incredible how the operated the puppet King Kong

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u/Fireball-196 1d ago

Omg- mind blown- that team is in sync-thank you for sharing. I was mesmerised watching this practice.

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u/zerocomfort1 22h ago

Animatronics need to make a severe comeback

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u/itsRobbie_ 1d ago

In the real play, are the people more hidden?

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u/loadbearingmoss 1d ago

The puppeteers will wear black clothing to blend in, and they’ll light the stage in such a way that the people are less obvious.

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u/itsRobbie_ 1d ago

That’s what I assumed, thanks