Twins search for ventriloquist tips

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Back in the center of town, Philippe starts to panic. He doesn’t understand how his twin brother can volunteer both of them to do ventriloquism when they have never done it before. He has to see what articles he can find on Google. Maybe he’s panicking for nothing.

‘A ventriloquist is an artist who practices the art of ventriloquism (also known as ventriloquy), in which the person “throws" his or her voice to make it seem like it's coming from the puppet or doll he or she is holding. The puppet or the doll is usually called a “dummy," probably because it gets its smarts from its operator. The technical term for a ventriloquist's dummy is ventriloquial figure.

Ventriloquism got its start as a religious practice amongst the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The name, in fact, comes from the Latin words for “to speak from the stomach.” The Greek phrase for ventriloquism was gastromancy. Ancient peoples that that noises produced by the stomach were the voices of the dead, which could be interpreted by the ventriloquist.

During the 18th century, ventriloquism became less spiritual and more of a performance art. It gained popularity as an act at traveling fairs. The earliest records related to ventriloquism date back to 1753 in England. The father of modern ventriloquism is considered to be Fred Russell, who began a stage show in London in 1886 and developed the now-familiar technique of using a doll to engage in back-and-forth conversation.

Edgar Bergen popularized a new form of comedic ventriloquism in the 1930s with his favorite dummy, Charlie McCarthy. Over the years, there have been many famous entertainers associated with ventriloquism, including Jeff Dunham and Shari Lewis.

If you've ever tried to “throw" your voice to imitate a ventriloquist, you know it's not the easiest technique to learn. Most ventriloquists perform with their lips slightly separated to allow sounds to emanate from their mouths without moving their lips. This is easy for some sounds and more difficult for others.’ (Info here)

Jean-Luc tries to calm his brother down saying that it will be ok. Phillippe doesn’t feel the confidence that his brother does. He does a Google search on how to do ventriloquism.

He finds a video with that exact name. Hopefully this will calm his nerves. He watches the entire video,

How to do ventriloquism, and thinks that maybe it’s not as bad as he thinks. 

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