Anastasia Smith: 24, sisterless and searching.
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN gathering up identical twins for some good-natured trickery on the subway? Improv Everywhere put together this little sketch about a year ago, and I still smile when I see the other train riders’ reactions! Isn’t the woman’s double take on 0:43 priceless? Do you think many of these twins already had matching outfits in their closets? If I had a twin, I’d want to keep at least one identical outfit handy…just in case.
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FAMILY RESEMBLANCE: T and Anastasia at Tanglewood, 2007
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Oh, I love this. Art is everywhere, isn’t it? Even in families. Lovely. Thanks, sister A.
god, I love New York.
This is great, A! Too funny.
How did this get filmed without adding to the eventness of it all? Do you know what I mean? Were the cameras obvious on the car?
Hi Scott, welcome to The Sister Project. Improv Everywhere actually has a very detailed account of this “mission” on their website. They explain that they completed The Human Mirror with 8 sets of identical twins and it went perfectly, but after reviewing the horrible footage from their first attempt, they realized that they would have to do it over. Apparently, 2 weeks later 8 completely different sets of twins came and they tried the skit with new button cameras and better microphones.
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