If we have some sort of street festival I will do Punch & Judy!(posted 8075 days ago)There is a picture of me, Mr P and the Crocodile in the Hall of Fame on the Punch and Judy Website at punchandjudy.com
I don't do it commercially because I am fully employed and have a personal policy that I will not take work away from professional Punch Professors.
I should point out however that my show has no domestic violence and no baby battering but in all other respects it is a traditional show. I operate from within a booth, use a swazzle and have either wooden or resin puppets.
I don't have domestic violence because I am a serving police officer and I don't think it is appropriate to invite children to laugh at Mr Punch beating up Judy. Not everyone agrees with me. Indeed I am denied membership of one of the associations for this reason.
There's a fair bit of other violence though, my policeman (a particularly unpleasant looking individual) gets his fair share, as does the crocodile. Mr Punch who is rather nasty to Joey is laid out unconscious by him with a frying pan but in the end he recovers and kills the devil - good triumphing over evil.
Perhaps I should have a Mayor in it?
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