CHINA
Above, from left, Ron Binion, The Monkey, and Rick Lyon on location at
the former Summer Palace of the Emperor outside Beijing.
Above, from left, Ron Binion, The Monkey, and Rick Lyon on location at
the former Summer Palace of the Emperor outside Beijing.
In mid-November 2001, I was lead puppeteer for an English-as-a-second-language project for Chinese TV which shot on location in and around Beijing, China. Also puppeteering was Ron Binion. I designed the character, a monkey loosely based on the idea of the Chinese folk hero The Monkey King, and I worked with several other people to build the two puppets (live hand and rod hand versions of the character). We shot at the Summer Palace, at the Great Wall, at a local train station, the Beijing Zoo, and even at Tienanmen Square! It was an incredible experience.
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