Giant puppet walk on Geneva streets

294 points anjowoq

It's super cool. What an achievement to dream this up, design it, actually make it, and then see it marching down the road.

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34 points cloudmint_creative

I keep switching between awe and pure discomfort watching this. The way her feet actually roll through the steps and the little helpers dart around her makes it feel way too alive for something made of wood and fabric.

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7 points anjowoq

Consider for a minute that it's just a giant puppet.

I guess if you generally feel uncomfortable with puppets or you feel anxious when you see large things, (my wife has a kind of mild megalophobia), then your feeling makes sense.

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142 points KandyShopp

Picture that being your job, though you gotta stand in line, grab a rope and jump and then get back in line

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44 points Sunshine3432

looks like fun actually

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11 points Fearless-Anteater437

Looks like a cool job and even when I've seen it IRL they look like they have fun

PS : The name of the company is Royal de Luxe

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38 points coolbeans080

That is actually really cool. Would love to see this in person to see how it's done.

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4 points SouthDetective7721

I saw granny in Limerick, Ireland more than 10 years ago, they tour Europe with their pieces. https://royal-de-luxe.com/en/creation/the-grandmother-fallen-from-the-galaxy-into-a-field-in-munster/

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14 points PugMaster7166

Ms doubtfire

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2 points Dizzy_Response1485

nostalgia boner

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11 points Isoleri

This is cool as hell

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10 points SJSsarah

Love the details! Leather shoes, her cheeks raised with her smile. It’s fantastic! Megalophopia, marionette style.

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6 points cream_of_human

Yoooo that is impressive

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18 points Hyakkimaru_4

fucking terrifying

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11 points ArtistdudeCAWs

Dunno why, but my first thought went to, "Rare enemy/or Boss encounter from Expedition 33"

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5 points Pifilix

I mean, alot of the enemies in expedition 33 got a artsncrafts feel to em, so a giant puppet held up by an armature? Could see it

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4 points I_voted_4_Kodos

Parry it!

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2 points FirexJkxFire

You think the boss fight is against the giant woman. But actually if you destroy the contraption puppeteering her, she joins your side.

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4 points teh_supar_hacker

Attack on Titan moment.

This would scare me too tbh

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6 points darlzn

I think its a cool piece of culture. We've become too obsessed with the uncanny valley effect, I believe.

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3 points corvusplagues

agreed, i can see how this would be unnerving but my first thought was just that it's really cool and a cute concept

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3 points darlzn

i think its really typically just the face in these kinds of situations usually. I think its important to try appreciate it even if you originally dont really like it yk? Cause like i said it could be a really sentimentally significant thing to someone in their culture and then youve made it into a "oo spooky" thing

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4 points BirbMaster1998

Didn't phineas and ferb build something like that once

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2 points Zealos57

Yes, in the shape of a Fireside Girl

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7 points scaryguts

hell naw

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2 points dvoyy

Gramaw.

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3 points Emmatorp

Oh heeell naw to the naw naw naw

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3 points Here_is_a_tip

I love the Geneva convention parade

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2 points Sea-Presentation4229

I'd work there

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2 points alotistwowordssir

Looks like squid games

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2 points the_rabbit_king

Goddamn that is blowing my mind.

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2 points DarkstarAnt

That's awesome.

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2 points Lawfuly_chaotic

What a diva

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2 points RecognitionAny4049

RUN LEON!!!

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2 points Telaynism13

Gosh that's amazing and terrifying at the same time

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2 points MoreRamenPls

Already beats Macy’s parade.

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2 points TesseractToo

I love how they have to line up jump off a platform to raise the knee, so cool, they must have to really practice to get the timing just right

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2 points SledgeOfEdge

Do that's the Geneva convention?

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1 points Skirt_Thin

It's a marionette.

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1 points mtaw

Not all puppets are marionettes but all marionettes are puppets.

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1 points oO__o__Oo

Red light green light

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1 points BethJ2018

It’s theatre

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1 points XROOR

Mee Maw left the iron on two areas of her dress for too long…..

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1 points Apprehensive_Eraser

I want to know if pulling all those ropes by hand is really necessary or it's just for the show.

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1 points FamousPamos

I won’t be able to sleep for weeks

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1 points maps-and-potatoes

dont look up at what the "halle de la machine" in Toulouse has in store for you then

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1 points holomorphic0

Has way more movement than one punch (frame) man S3

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1 points DreamingAboutSpace

Those are some huge chanclas

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1 points Zealos57

Mom! Phineas and Ferb built another giant puppet!

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1 points 4thAveRR

This looks straight out of Squid Game

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1 points Separate_Chemical_42

If i am not wrong it's a french company, royal de luxe, who make those

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1 points steven-mctowelie

Little nightmare vibes , where my coat!

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1 points UKophile

Their elephant is shocking in its beauty.

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1 points Pod_people

I admire art that takes a hell of a lot of work to make and perform. Giant grandma puppet is pretty strange but I'm into it.

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1 points Comment_Maker

Stay Puft Marshmallow Gran

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1 points PhantasmaStriker

Lies of P.

Time to fight the Giant Puppet Grandma.

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0 points WarHead75

Pinocchio The Game final boss

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-9 points nihar_142

Is that Greta Thunberg?

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