ventriloquist act
Puppet voice show
A ventriloquist act is a performance in which a ventriloquist appears to make a puppet or dummy speak while keeping their own lips still.
The act typically involves comic dialogue between performer and puppet, with the dummy often having a distinct, sarcastic personality.
By extension, any situation where one person clearly controls another's words: The senator's press conference felt like a ventriloquist act, with his chief of staff mouthing every answer.
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- voiceSound from throat
- lip syncMouthing to recorded audio
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
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ventriloquist actdirect address
Speaking to someone named
stand-up comedy · public speaking · oratory · monologue · lecture
ventriloquist actmime act
Wordless gestural performance
pantomime · solo performance · one-man show · stand-up routine · dance performance
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