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Clad in black and hovering around the star, dancing adroitly in and out of the shadows, Williams’s cine-theatre army functions like a troupe of bunraku puppeteers.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
When graduation day rolls around, Kermit will be voiced by Matt Vogel, the puppeteer who took over for Steve Whitmire in 2017.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
That last one, which stalks and growls realistically thanks to a trio of stunningly talented puppeteers, acts as both antagonist and doppelgänger to Pi.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
When graduation day rolls around, Kermit will be voiced by Matt Vogel, the puppeteer who took over for Steve Whitmire in 2017.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
That last one, which stalks and growls realistically thanks to a trio of stunningly talented puppeteers, acts as both antagonist and doppelgänger to Pi.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Puppeteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppeteer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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puppeteer
noun
pup·pe·teer
ˌpəp-ə-ˈti(ə)r 
: one who works puppets
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