ventriloquism theme

Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop, known as a "dummy". This activity is featured in the story.

9 total · 7 major · 2 minor

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ahh3x14 major Rudolph used his ventriloquism to fool Cliff in the end.
ahp1x20 major The story explores the professional ventriloquist Fabian's pathological love for a ventriloquist's doll. We saw Fabian perform his ventriloquist act on stage.
ahp3x01 major The story concerns a woman who follows the professional ventriloquist Max Collodi as he performs around the country.
rbt1985e2x12 major The story explores the stage ventriloquist John Fabian's pathological love for a ventriloquist's dummy.
tftc1989e2x10 major The story concerns an aspiring ventriloquist, and a talentless one at that, who discovers the dark secret underlying his ventriloquist idol's success in show business.
tz1959e3x33 major We saw Jerry on stage performing his sit-down ventriloquist act.
tz1959e5x28 major We saw a struggling ventriloquist.
tftc1989e4x12 minor Although it was never spelled out, it appeared that ventriloquism was involved in order to make the puppets, or Koko at any rate, appear to have voices of their own.
theamericanshortstory10 minor A ventriloquist with dummy in hand cracked some politically oriented joked on stage at the social.