The Ventriloquist (film)
A ventriloquist is a person who practices ventriloquism. Ventriloquist or The Ventriloquist may refer to: *Ventriloquist (character), a DC Comics character *The Ventriloquist (album), ''The Ventriloquist'' (album), a 2007/2008 album by Ruby Throat *''The Ventriloquist'', a 2012 short film produced by Dana Brunetti and starring Kevin Spacey *"Ventriloquist", a song by +/- from the 2003 album ''You Are Here (+/- album), You Are Here'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ventriloquist ...
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Ventriloquist
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to "throw" one's voice. History Origins Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The name comes from the Latin for 'to speak from the stomach: (belly) and (speak). The Greeks called this gastromancy ( grc-gre, εγγαστριμυθία). The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist would then interpret the sounds, as they were thought to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell the future. One of the earliest recorded group of prophets to use this technique was the Pythia, the priestess at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, ...
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