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9. Puck
& Fairy
Satchels, uniform
and plimsoles indicate fairies of the primary school
variety. The fairy who seems to have a crush on Puck, squats
in playground fashion as she looks up at the Fairy King's
"pensioner" (gentleman of the royal bodyguard, chosen for
birth, height, and good looks).
Note the fairy's
clothes: a straw hat and a pair of "monpe", loose trousers
tied at the ankles, a form of work-clothes commonly worn by
women during the war. Here the fairy, despite her wings,
squats like a school kid.
Her costume also
seems to be the product of Deguchi's fantasy and nostalgia
for the past. There is an obvious difference between this
more innocent "rural" fairy and the early maturing
mini-skirted "urban" variety.
Compare to the Bar
version (Bar 14.
Puck's introduction) and Mask version (Mask 6.
Puck & Fairy in masks). Contextualisation allows the director to
stress one side of a given continuum (School student=fairy;
Bargirl=fairy; Actor=fairy) over another at any moment.
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