Strings Attached

Related Content

• Pablo Cano's Puppet Burlesque
  May 3, 2012
• Barack Obama, NAACP and Jay-Z Prove Blacks Are Not Homophobes
  May 22, 2012
• Donald Trump's hair: the long-form birth certificate
  May 19, 2011
• Blacks Support Gay Marriage
  May 24, 2012
• Trayvon Martin and Five Other Racial Flare-Ups Since Obama's Election
  March 29, 2012

More About

• Pablo Cano
• Barack Obama
• Rush Limbaugh
• Sean Hannity
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Rush Limbaugh? Sean Hannity? Bill O'Reilly? All of you right-wing gasbags can line up and get ready to kiss Pablo Cano's ass. Miami's favorite puppet master has a doozy to give all the president's haters their just deserts. Inspired by Barack Obama's historic election, Cano created The Seven Wonders of the Modern World, a multiple-performance run featuring a cast of skull-staving marionettes at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Scripted by Carmen Peláez, choreographed by Katherine Kramer, and scored to melodies from 16th-century overtures to 20th-century show tunes, the show explores themes of hope and chance via seven modern advances. Cano's Obama, constructed out of a grandfather clock, plays MC and engages various “wonders” (e.g., rockets made of coffee cans, and “Amazonia,” “Googleina,” and “Facebook” with ukulele bodies and basket heads). Known for working with found objects fished from thrift stores and trash heaps, this year's production is Cano's tribute to the Theater of the Absurd. Sadly the artist couldn't find a douche bag in his travels, so Ann Coulter is missing from his show. See the wonders come to life this Saturday. When not in use, the marionettes and set will be on view at MOCA as an exhibition through May 29.
Sat., May 7, 4 p.m.; Tuesdays-Sundays, noon. Starts: May 7. Continues through May 29, 2011