Fear in the Western World

See it if If you like adult puppetry and a plot that is erratic and confusing at times. Executions were interesting. Some good points to this perform

Don't see it if If you want a clear consise plot, video that is focused. Hate loud noises there is a lot of that.

See it if you want to see one direction for puppetry in the 3rd decade of the 21st Century.

Don't see it if you need a clear plot (this one feels confusing & confused); you want a full-length show (this lasts 45 minutes).

Also “Fear in the Western World,” one stab at puppetry for the 3rd decade of the 21st Century, has a nice loose feel to it, blending hi-tech & simple kid playhouse sets that can feel like latter-day PeeWee Herman. I liked how puppeteer & puppet, via cell phone faces, were able to mesh, & many visual effects & all the performance. But the storyline, about a traditional family that has just moved into the gated-community-from-hell, is stupendously complicated, involving gun violence, a gang, real estate fraud, kidnapping, family disintegration & a subterranean civilization – & that’s not all, folks! It also invokes a large number of the hot-button issues of the day. Without a clear plot driving it & a full smorgasbord of pressing issues to consider, the piece, moving through several realms, can never sustain momentum despite the considerable expenditure of energy.... Read more Read less

See it if you'd like a technological mashing of light, video and sound with puppetry for adults. Lots of energy in this piece-fun to watch executors.

Don't see it if you want a comprehensible story or do not enjoy loud presentations with shaky video and changing sets and lights.

See it if You like unusual theater mixing video, puppetry, video within puppets, loud sound effects, deliberately garbled dialogue

Don't see it if You like linear plot lines and not odd-looking video installations/ puppets in constant hard to follow motion, loud noises, frenzied motion

Also The chaos can be clever for chaos’s sake and how they time they videos with the constantly changing backdrops and the movement of the puppets (they do not call these vacuum cleaner resembling creations puppets at all—they would probably be offended if you called them that. The show is only 45 minutes long Which is probably sufficient!... Read more Read less

See it if It's sort of like if the Shining starred cell phones and was awful. The only positive I have is that the staging was sort of impressive.

Don't see it if It's a mess; loud, confusing, & projected onto screens by cameras that can't adjust to shooting bright cell phones. It tries hard. And fails

See it if you enjoy experimental puppetry and video, appreciate the pointed, absurdist humor and commentary about the strange world we live in

Don't see it if you don't enjoy loud noises, strobe lights, and lo-fi stagings.

See it if You want to see adult puppet theater.

Don't see it if You have a thing about puppets, loud noises, or aggressive material

See it if if you like horror, if you're interested in really innovative staging and sets, if you're okay with weird and confusing

Don't see it if if you prefer a cohesive plot/themes, if you're easily scared

See it if You’re interested in experiencing experimental theater.

Don't see it if You’re looking for deep story lines or thought out characters.