December 2018
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
7h 30m
English
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The best imposters don’t simply pretend to be someone else; they actively copy the person they impersonate. This mimicry requires both observation and memory: observation to study the behaviors of the person being impersonated and memory to be able to replay those behaviors at a later time. Satirists on comedy shows like Saturday Night Live, where actors and actresses often pretend to be famous U.S. political figures, base their performances on those skills.
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