{"id":4062,"date":"2020-10-23T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2020-10-22T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:50:51","slug":"are-you-a-manipulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/?p=4062","title":{"rendered":"Are you a “Manipulator”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Throughout our lives we have heard the word \u201cManipulator\u201d used in a less than complimentary way. \u201cHe is a manipulator\u201d or \u201cShe is too manipulative\u201d. The context of both of these phrases has almost always been negative. It was the implication that if you were\/are a manipulator that you would use people by playing on their good will or sympathies to get just what you wanted. A manipulator does not care about the other person. Typically we think of a manipulator as being a shallow, uncaring person with no regard for anyone but themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today we are going to talk about a good kind of manipulator. In the world of Ventriloquism, it is a compliment of the highest order to say that someone is a great manipulator. The difference is this. For a Vent to be a great manipulator, he\/she is not using someone without feeling. A vent who is a great manipulator is merely showing a high level of acquired skill in his\/her craft at being able to bring to the most life to their character. When the audience is completely absorbed in the life like way that you manipulate your figure\/dummy\/puppet, they will hang on each word that the puppet says. When you can achieve this level of audience involvement you have successfully pulled off a great performance and will undoubtedly be talked about long after you leave your performance. That is what we all find to be desirable. That is called \u201cgood marketing\u201d and is a topic for another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the time you appear on stage with your character, he\/she\/it must appear to be alive. Even when saying nothing, the character must be a study in constant movement. A sigh. . .A sniff. . .A deep breath. . .A scratch. Always something. If you come out on stage and all you use is mouth movement and a rotating neck, you will undoubtedly lull your audience right to sleep or worse yet, they will begin to heckle you. Not good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on and on, but I think that if, as they say, \u201ca picture is worth a thousand words\u201d, then a video should be worth a fortune. There are many great manipulators out there so please take a few minutes and go on YouTube to watch some videos of the great manipulators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thats all for this week folks, we hope you both enjoyed it and at the same time learned a few little tricks to add to your \u201cbag\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve and JET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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