wink at the camera
- fourth wallInvisible stage-audience barrier
- knowing lookExpression conveying shared understanding
- nudgeGentle push to prompt
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- slyCleverly deceptive
playful · conspiratorial · audience · lens · flirt · twinkle · cheeky · aside · breaking character · mischief · complicity · deadpan · Jim Halpert · gesture · mugging · acknowledgment · ironic · tongue-in-cheek
fourth wall awareness
wink at the camerastay in character
play it straight · method acting · total immersion · suspension of disbelief · verisimilitude
subtlety of self-reference
wink at the camerain the moment