The marionettes—after all this is a marionette theater—are splendidly exaggerated, each with a personality of his or her own, including a mop head morphed into an incredibly agile puppy. All the actors are also excellent puppeteers, doubling their connection with the sold-out audience. The style of acting of this troupe can be described as good-naturedly goofy, stressing old-school shtick and exaggeration. Humorously, each actor in turn takes on the eponymous role, tacitly putting across the “everyman” quality of the character, that is if every man is a lucky bumpkin.
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