ACTORS AND ACTRESS (❓)
you might ask the question as a Ventriloquist are you an actor or a actress.
The Ventriloquist is not a actor or actress..but the Ventriloquist can play a character in the Ventriloquist act...
the Ventriloquist IS the authority figure of their ventriloquism on and off stage, this means the parent of their Ventriloquist character or Ventriloquist characters, in some situations fans or audience members or let's just say someone may complain to the Ventriloquist about one of the Ventriloquist characters and yes you as a Ventriloquist will take on the responsibility as a spokesperson for your Ventriloquist character or Ventriloquist characters behaviors.
The Ventriloquist character or puppets or Ventriloquist dummy or Ventriloquist dolls are actors and actress, they are pretenders, they are make believe, they are dreamers and unfortunately some of them actually don't know what their authority figures are and they are shocked of finding out the truth, some authority figures are kind and gentle to their actors and actresses not to tell them the truth.
your little actor and actress sing, dance, jokes, π flirt, poets, you name it your little actors and actresses can do it all they might be small but they are huge ENTERTAINERS...
They "LIVE" to entertain!..all the attention belongs to our little friends unfortunately some Ventriloquists become envy or jealous of that attention but I have good news, it's called "giving yourself a pat on the back" then you say to your little actor and actress well done my faithful servant...the truth of the matter is our little actors and actresses are "MISDIRECTION" in the art of ventriloquism us Ventriloquists need and want the actor and actress to take the attention away from us that is the complete purpose of "Lip control" so yes the actors and actresses work for the Ventriloquist..I whisper who's the dummy, in a old photo that I studied Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen is looking away from Charlie McCarthy where Charlie McCarthy can't see Edgar Bergen laughing, in the photo Edgar Bergen is secretly pointing at Charlie McCarthy with a wink of one of his eyes at you and me.
The secret on this subject of acting is in character development, a dummy is a dummy and a puppet is a puppet and a doll is a doll but after character development is completely born they become a noun, a verb, and adjectives in a Ventriloquist act.
Words coming to life from a script written by the authority figure.