Pulcinella is another example
of witty but somewhat different character that emerges powerfully
from the Commedia dell'Arte.
Philosophical, eternally melancholic, dreamer as only
a representative of the Neapolitan culture could be, Pulcinella
has a spirit all of his own. No tensions or despair, his melancholic
approach to life makes him coast problems, situations, live adventures
and at the end simply getting out of everything, in the same
simple manner as how he got involved.
A positive approach to life, his winning strategy.
Various masks or costumes were part of the character,
as its evolution went on, but what got in the imaginary was the
white, simple, poor costume with the sugar loaf hat (the "coppolone"),
his dreamy way of being, his poetry and simple philosophy.
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