" A couple of our folks were down there , helping to build puppets " , said Linda Elbow , company manager for Bread & Puppet . " The cops went into the studio ... arrested people , and took the puppets . So , now , puppets are criminals . " The Bread & Puppet Theater is a regular participant in New York 's Village Halloween Parade , noted for its use of giant puppets . In 2001 , Bread & Puppet did not march in the parade . The Theater 's plans that year included a presentation protesting the War in Afghanistan . The Halloween parade was to occur fifty days after and 1.5 miles away from the September 11 , 2001 attack on the World Trade Center . It was this attack which was the pretext for starting the war which Bread & Puppet Theater was protesting , and the company 's " anti-war stance " reportedly " ... already placed it at odds with some New Yorkers " , according to Dan Bacalzo of TheaterMania.com . Many of the parade 's macabre elements were suspended that year by its director Jeanne Fleming . It was not known until October 25 whether it would even take place
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