AMERICAN ARMY

«They’ve got the Guts – GIVE ’EM MORE FIREPOWER»

«Courage and gallantry in action – INFANTRY – United States Army»

«Responsibility and Character – U. S. ARMY»

 

 

 

                                                                                         

Scene no 24: Attacking American soldiers (Britains deetail Toys, metal based models, 7340 U.S. Infantry and 7334 U.S. Recoilless Rifle & Crew), supported by armored battle chariot (Masudaya Modern Toys, M-120 battery operated tin Tank).

The Text: Quotes from World War II propaganda posters. For the minds and hearts of the American citizenry.

TARZAN OF THE APES

«The man before him was the embodiment of physical perfection and giant strength; yet it was not upon these he depended in his battle with the great cat, for mighty as were his muscles, they were as nothing by comparison with Numa’s. 

To his agility, to his brain and to his long keen knife he owed his supremacy.»

 

 

Scene no 23: Tarzan with knife (Heinerle Manurba toys) against the attacking Lion (Lineol composition toys). Victorious Tarzan (Heinerle Manurba toys) next to the defeated Lion (Paper stuck on wood animal figure). At the back of the stage, a cluster of African trees (Heinerle Manurba toys).

The Text: From the novel Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

                                          

SOULLESS MONKEYS

The overriding desire of most children is to get and see the soul of their toys, some at the end of a period of use, others straightaway.  It is on the more or less swift invasion of this desire that depends the length of life of a toy.

I don’t find it in me to blame this infantile mania; it is a first metaphysical tendency.

Scene no 22: Orchestra of happy monkeys (Clockwork toys - made in Greece by Fino).

The Text: From the essay Morale du joujou, by Charles Baudelaire.

SUN GODDESS

Watch out!

The imminent return of Matriarchy!

 

 

Scene no 21: The dreaded Goddess accompanied by her saber-toothed cat (Hand-painted statue sculpted by Tony Cipriano. Limited edition of 2000 - Number 636. Based on the original artwork of Frank Frazetta. ReelArt Studios and Darkhorse Deluxe).

LISTEN TO THE SONG

          Ye who love the haunts of Nature,

           Love the sunshine of the meadow,

          Love the shadow of the forest,

           Love the wind among the branches,

           And the rain-shower and the snow-storm,

          And the rushing of great rivers

          Through their palisades of pine-trees,

          And the thunder in the mountains,

         Whose innumerable echoes

          Flap like eagles in their eyries;--

        Listen to these wild traditions,

          To this Song of Hiawatha!

Scene no 20: Fighting Stag (Lineol composition toys) and Native American Warrior (Hausser - Elastolin composition toys) among fir trees (Hausser - Elastolin composition and hard plastic toys).

The Text: From the Introduction of the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ART-FOOTBALL

«More than that, Brazilians invented a flamboyant, thrilling and graceful style that has set an unattainable benchmark for the rest of the world.

Britons call it the ‘beautiful game’.

Brazilians call it ‘futebol-arte’, or art-football»

                                                                                        

 

 

 

Scene no 19: Subbuteo Table Soccer. The Jules Rimet Trophy (C 119), Standard Goal and three Continental Match Balls (C 127). Brazil Subbuteo Team, World Cup Winners (Subbuteo Sports Games Ltd). Brazil, World Cup 1982 (50, C 100, Subbuteo Sports Games Ltd), Brasile 1970 (Subbuteo la leggenda, Fabbri Editori, Licensed by Hasbro).

The phrase: Text from the Introduction of FUTEBOL The Brazilian Way of Life, by Alex Bellos.

DON QUIXOTE

«But Don Quixote, supported by his intrepid heart, leaped on Rocinante, and bracing his buckler on his arm, brought his pike to the slope, and said, “Friend Sancho, know that I by Heaven’s will have been born in this our iron age to revive in it the age of gold, or the golden as it is called; I am he for whom perils, mighty achievements, and valiant deeds are reserved; I am, I say again, he who is to revive the Knights of the Round Table... »

 

 

 

 

Scene no 18: Don Quixote (Papo toys) and behind him Sancho (Papo toys), under a beech tree (Schleich toys).

The text passage: From The History of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.