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During the rise of iconic mimes such as Marcel Marceau, Red Skelton and Tony Montanaro, he says, people loved and respected the art form.
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During the rise of iconic mimes such as Marcel Marceau, Red Skelton and Tony Montanaro, he says, people loved and respected the art form.
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There's the "Marcel Marceau," where the offending driver has to don a beret and white face paint and mime his "crime."
detnews.com - Autos Insider Jason H. Harper 2010
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A decade later Mel Brooks made Silent Movie, a strained comedy with one really effective joke: Marcel Marceau is the only person to speak, and has one word, "Non!"
Nancy Chuda: The Artist: A Review With an Extra Big Shout Out to Uggy Nancy Chuda 2012
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In Geezer, the actor hilariously recalls his experiences learning corporeal mime in Paris from Marcel Marceau's teacher, Etienne Decroux.
George Heymont: Clowning Around: The Circus of Life George Heymont 2011
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From the moment I sat in a darkened theater with my parents when I was about eight, and Marcel Marceau tiptoed on stage in his white ballet shoes and mimed inside an invisible box, I dreamed of dancing.
Deborah Jiang Stein: Who Says Tough Girls Don't Wear Tutus? Deborah Jiang Stein 2011
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Over the years, specialty acts have ranged from classically trained musical comedians like Victor Borge and Anna Russell to escape artists like Harry Houdini and Doug Henning; from mimes like Marcel Marceau to comedians like Harpo Marx.
George Heymont: Specialty Acts -- From Vaudeville to Blue Man Group George Heymont 2011
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Over the years, specialty acts have ranged from classically trained musical comedians like Victor Borge and Anna Russell to escape artists like Harry Houdini and Doug Henning; from mimes like Marcel Marceau to comedians like Harpo Marx.
George Heymont: Specialty Acts -- From Vaudeville to Blue Man Group George Heymont 2011
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I resemble Marcel Marceau without lips, eyebrows or the funny hat.
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But just in case you didn't know it before, Dudamel is the Marcel Marceau of the bandstand and, arguably, there is no better interpreter of this music and the South American works that followed.
Donna Perlmutter: Dudamel Opens a New View at Hollywood Bowl 2010
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