• lepinkainen@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s the craft.

    Multiple actors who have played against Sesame Street characters like Elmo have said that they forget there is a human hidden under the puppet - they’re that good.

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      3 months ago

      Hmm… If it weren’t for those sticks controlling their hands, I might have been convinced too lol.

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        One probably tunes it out after a while. And professional actors are probably much better than average at convincing their brains that a fictional situation is real.