Rob and I spent much of the day in the studio. It went reasonably well, but then, for some reason, the studio computer decided that it didn’t want to talk to my computer. Everything is safely saved, but it didn’t like my flash drive, despite having used it before.

Frankly, I doubt any good will come of this, but it’s an interesting petition. Puppet Buzz is advocating for Puppeteer Recognition at the Oscars.

Whilst watching Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back and listening to the commentary; George Lucas stated he tried to get Frank Oz recognized for his role as Yoda as Best Supporting Actor in the Academy Awards that year but was denied. My question is if puppeteers are not classified as actors, then why are they required to join the actors unions to perform? I have started a petition to submit to the Academy. I know that it maybe a long shot, but there’s no harm in trying.

The same thing happened to Andy Sirkus for his role as Golem; motion-capture is widely regarded as a form of puppetry. Mostly, it makes me cranky that to work in film, we have to pay dues to the Screen Actors Guild but then aren’t considered actors.

Edited to add: When I went to this it was not asking for donations; it is now, and so I’ve taken the direct link to the petition down.