According to recent attendees of the puppet show ‘Who You Calling a Dummy?!,’ the ventriloquist was much less convincing with his mask on. “I’m glad he’s being safe by wearing a mask, but he was clearly moving his mouth under there," said Julia Frickle, who attended the performance expecting to be mystified by a puppet that could talk all by itself. “He wasn’t even trying to do those little lip movements that ventriloquists normally do. He was just talking like a completely normal person. Does he think we can’t see his mouth move under the mask? Because it’s totally obvious.” At press time, Frickle noted the ventriloquist made his act even less fun by sitting six feet away from his puppet rather than keeping it on his lap.

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