A pious man maybe, but an entertainer surely, I think.

And the puppeteer is the subject/object of beauty, the lady in person?

In case the man on the picture is Frederico Fellini's Casanova, I wonder in what condition he is at that very moment. He doesn't look very seductive, does he?

Monique

You don’t have to look attractive to be attractive. Especially not when your name is Casanova.
Read Shakespeare for more on this.

Arnon

Are you a pious man?

Mr. Grunberg

I know, at least from my feminine perspective.
I used seductive (verleidelijk?), because I thought it meant something else then attractive (aantrekkelijk?). And I am referring to the appearance of the actor at the very moment the picture was made. Not in general.
And thank you for your advise: I definitely need to read more classics.

Arnon

Or do you prefer 'zealous'?

@Mieke

I wouldn't say that it is the lady in person who is the puppeteer. It seems a little bit more complicated than that.

Hanny

You might be right. But who is the puppeteer then? In India they worship the Linga as a deity. One should be fair, there also exists Yoni.

Bernard

I love pious men.

Fellini's Casanova

Arnon,

Did you notice the magical lantern by Topor?

The movie is a sort of 'puppet theatre', isn't it?

@Hanny and Mieke

on the marionette/puppeteer subject:
I agree that Arnon's words on this are somewhat complicated. Casanova, the worshipper of beauty, is a marionette to this beauty. But possibly he is a puppeteer to many innocent (and beautiful) girls.
Similarly, the beauty of these girls acts as a puppeteer, but the girls who get seduced might not necessarily be aware of their beauty. Which is probably better for Casanova anyway.

Hanny & Simon

To resume: It's the beauty who is the puppeteer, not the girl, who is often unaware of the effect of her beauty and in that sense doesn't act as the puppeteer?

Or are his own hormones the puppeteer?

Still. It seems a little bit more complicated. I did not mean that i didn't understand the post...
I want to read Derrida first.