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posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 2, 2020 at 5:28 AM
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Never seen it before, but looks like fun.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 1, 2020 at 11:43 AM
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new for me but looks like fun.
posted by
Kabu
on July 1, 2020 at 11:33 AM
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Re: Now I have...
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 1, 2020 at 9:30 AM
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Never Heard of Senor Wences???
Performing under the stage name "Señor Wences", Moreno was known for his speed, skill, and grace as a ventriloquist.
His stable of characters included Johnny, a childlike face drawn on his hand, placed atop an otherwise headless doll, with whom the ventriloquist conversed while switching voices between Johnny's falsetto and his own voice with great speed. He opened his act by drawing Johnny's face on his hand, on stage. He would first place his thumb next to, and in front of, his bent first finger; the first finger would be the upper lip, and the thumb the lower lip. He used lipstick to draw the lips onto the respective fingers and then drew eyes onto the upper part of the first finger, finishing the effect with a tiny long-haired wig on top of his hand.
Flexing the thumb would move the "lips." The inspiration for Johnny came from his school days when the teacher punished him for imitating classmates and answering "present" when they were absent. His punishment was to clean the inkwells and he smeared some of the ink on his hand, then clenched his fist to create the face.[4]
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on July 1, 2020 at 8:58 AM
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