Sure, over at “The Lion King,” Mufasa tells Simba all about how certain animals kill and eat each other as part of the “Circle of Life,” but we don’t really see the puppets and puppeteers engage in anything too graphic or bloody (with even the traumatic death of Mufasa rendered in a relatively family-friendly manner).
On the other hand, the new stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2001 novel “Life of Pi,” which just opened on Broadway, contains life-size animal puppets that on occasion violently tear each other apart for food, with red ribbons being used to suggest gushing blood.
Did I mention this is an ideal show for elementary school
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