But even there, they have taken the trouble to make Brains dance like a puppet trying to dance like a real dancer.

BBC: Water on the brains

Song, a Beijing film student continuing her schooling in Paris, videotapes Simon, to his delight, while Suzanne, who is working on a puppet show, is trying to toss out her nonpaying tenant, a screenwriter friend, to make room for her older daughter, who is arriving from Brussels.

NEWYORKER: The Flight of the Red Balloon

The opposite of Frankenstein, the myth I wish we saw more of, is the Pinocchio myth, which is about a puppet that wants to become human, an improbable technology that wants to make life better, if only with a sweet, gentle wish upon a star.

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