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Poe puppet parody earns video pick of week status; 'Femme Fatale,' 'White Oleander' coming in March.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(PHANTOM OF THE MOVIES)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20030227
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Puppets and Edgar Allan Poe might seem an odd mix, but puppet master Jurgen Heimann makes that mad marriage work in Puphedz: The Tattle-Tale Heart. It's our ...

Video pick of the week

"Puphedz" is new from Elite Entertainment ($9.95 DVD, elitedisc.com). In the spirit of Steve Oederkirk's satirical "thumbation" shorts (e.g., "The Godthumb," "Thumbtanic"), "Puphedz" is a wacky, refreshingly old-school puppet parody of Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."

The Puphedz themselves are a troupe of roughly foot-high, literally wooden thespians who ...

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