Contemporary Mime Routines

Video Transcript

"We are teaching you how to be a mime. We are talking now about mimes and modern times. When you go to Vegas you see mimes everywhere. People say well I don't see any mimes yes in you see the following the people following the people up and down the stairs as they are getting seated. It is a mime exercise. The blue man group they may be painted blue but they are doing a mime routine. They are actually acting out mimes. Now you see one of the mimes is the rock and roll stars. They are lip singing to their songs. Some lady got in trouble on Saturday Night Live because she was actually lip singing; that is a lot of what they do. They don't want to sing again. It is just like you know the hairbrush in front of the mirror and you sing it in the shower that is exactly what they are doing. So you would be surprise how many mimes you actually see, all of these people that pretend and they don't say anything. Cause that is what being a mime is. Now we would have another segment right after this on how to do a short routine."