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    Types of Actors

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    3.4 Types of Actors Figure 3.2 Types of Actors and Some Current Actors Who Fit Each Category Impersonators Dustin Hoffman brings Lenny Bruce to life. The performance is so convincing and Lenny so gritty that today’s audiences may think they are seeing Lenny Bruce himself.Photo by Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/courtesy Everett Collection The term impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a character

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    Elvis Presley Impact

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    with his daughter named Lisa Marie. Elvis Presley had become so famous that there were Elvis impersonators all over the world.There was even an Elvis competition for a $5,000 prize. Now people make songs about Elvis and even travel other states or across the country to go see Elvis’s home. You can have an Elvis impersonator at your wedding or be your best man. Scientists say that by 2019 Elvis impersonators will make up a third of the world's Population. Performing as Elvis is equal to living a double

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    Introduction Based on the level of technology and the age of technology in the world now, it is unimaginable to how technology has developed the business strategy and production level. Most especially, corporate organizations are benefiting immensely on the cyber security platforms. Corporate entities relying on cybersecurity are not limited to, website security, organization 's computer network security, organization 's hand held devices security and communication security. But, extends to the information

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    Rupaul's Drag Diaries

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    There has been a long tradition of men performing as women on stage. From women not being allowed to perform in plays, to the growth of culture and the importance of female impersonators in the LGBT community. Female inpersinators play an interesting roll throughout history which is ever evolving. Such as, female impersonators are consistently pushing boundaries with their larger than life personalities, breaking the mold of a “normal society”, and providing an almost realistic illusion of a women

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    Victoria Nonverbal Cues

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    any job and could not t afford a great living for her. Later on, she met Toddy, a cabaret performer in a restaurant; they got along to each other and developed a friendship. As days go by, he convinced her of being a male impersonator who was pretending to be a female impersonator at the same time. After a while, she became a Paris sensation being admired by her audience because of her talent, charisma, and skills in dance. This movie was full of nonverbal cues from the beginning to the end. Nonverbal

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    To really discuss the history of the transgender population, perhaps first it is important to define what exactly ‘transgender’ is. In a poll conducted by transgender activist Leslie Feinberg, the transgender population seems to define itself as a group of individuals comprised of anyone “who challenges the boundaries of sex and gender”. The transgender umbrella, according to Feinberg, includes: transsexuals, transvestites, bigenders, drag queens, drag kings, cross-dressers, masculine women, feminine

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    easier to bully them on social media than in person. People who cyberbully deliberately uses online platforms to harm, humiliate and threaten others. When bullying others online, the person will probably create a fake profile to do it. As long as impersonators are not looked at closely, he or she can pretty much get away with quite a bit of damage on social media (“The Effects…”). It is so simple to just make up a fake person, then letting people know who you really are. This online bully can be from

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    I remember hearing of the death of the “King of Rock and Roll”. It was August of 1977 when I was soon to enter my senior year in high school. I was listening to the radio as most teenagers did back then and heard the unbelievable announcement that Elvis Presley was dead at the young age of 42 years old. He had been found dead in his Graceland bathroom from a heart attack due to an abuse of prescription drugs. He was hailed as the “King of Rock and Roll”. As a young girl and teenager, I enjoyed his

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    very common. Sol Bloom was credited with coming up with the term "Belly dance" in 1899. Belly dancers were performed by both male and female. During this time men became increasingly popular all over the world therefore, were considered female impersonators by some. They were also actors and musicians, because women were not allowed to perform in public. Now a days Turkish male belly dancers are becoming extremely popular in nightclubs and television shows. Turkish belly dancers were very flamboyant

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    Macbeth Analysis Act 5

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    Macbeth Act 5 Analysis “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow…(5.5.2)” After learning that Lady Macbeth has died, Macbeth evaluates his own indifference to the event. To Macbeth, death seems merely as the last act of a very bad play, an idiot's tale full of pomposity and drama ("sound and fury"), but without meaning ("signifying nothing"). Murdering King Duncan and seizing his throne in retrospect seem like scenes from a script Macbeth was never capable of playing. "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow"—along

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