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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |