The new focus on performance and theater within contemporary aesthetics should prompt people to delve into forms of performing art that have hardly been discussed by philosophers. Adult puppet theater is not a good starting point for such inquiries. While the category of a puppet is relatively unproblematic, including glove puppets, shadow puppets, rod puppets and marionettes--a "replica of a human, animal, or other form moved by artificial means"--a host of questions surfaces when one ventures beyond mere designation. Here, Zamir demonstrates the philosophical issues that puppetry raises and suggests that puppets do not formulate make-believe possibilities of self-amplification but touch on a facet of experience that is altogether disengaged from actual and potential agency.