Greg Beato, A Fake Trump for All Ages. Conventions pay big bucks for impersonators. How do they solve a problem like The Donald? New York Times, Nov 5, 2017 (in the SundayStyle section).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/ ... p-impersonator.html
Note:
(a) A Man For All Seasons
https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/57/messages/993.html
(b) "In the 1990s, he [Randy Nolen, a talent manager] did well with a natural Bill Clinton look-alike named Tim Watters. In the 2000s, he hit it big with Steve Bridges, who used elaborate facial prosthetics to transform into a striking likeness of George W Bush. * * * 'Our objective is to make people chuckle * * * ,' Mr Nolen said. * * * A decade ago, Mr Nolen achieved that with Mr Bridges, who performed alongside Mr Bush at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006, and also at a private birthday party at the White House. * * * In their best year together, 1996, Mr Nolen said he booked 177 dates for Mr Watters at $10,000 a performance."
(i) There is a Wiki page or summary for Tim Watters. You just search the name in images.google.com.
(ii) Steve Bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bridges
(1963 – 2012 (age 48) )
(c) "Kevin Haney, a Hollywood makeup artist * * * brushed a Q-tip dipped in denatured alcohol against the silicone replica of Donald Trump's left cheek glued to Mr Burleigh's face * * * Mari Okumura, Mr Haney's assistant * * * The first time that Mr Haney built a new face for Mr Burleigh in July, [2017] Mr Burleigh thought he ended up looking more like Liberace than Donald Trump. 'Randy kept saying, "This is just a test." But I was worried,' Mr Burleigh said."
(i) denatured alcohol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol
("In some countries, sales of alcoholic beverages are heavily taxed. In order to avoid paying beverage taxes on alcohol that is not meant to be consumed, the alcohol must be 'denatured,' or treated with added chemicals to make it unpalatable")
(ii)
(A) Liberace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace
(1919 – 1987; Italian surname)
(B) Liberace
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/liberace
(pronunciation)
(d) "Once Mr Haney finished applying the silicone [face], he started using a low-pressure spray gun to speckle it with tiny dots of color — mostly reds, pinks and browns. 'I've done the super-orange Trump makeup on a couple other jobs,' Mr Haney said. 'But it's distracting. I try to give a hint of that, but I don't overdo it. I'm not going to make him into an Oompa Loompa. It's not that kind of show.' "
(i) Oompa Loompa (n; etymology)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/oompa_loompa
(ii) Go to images.google.com to see what one looks like in the film.
(e) after the 3 ½ hours-long makeup: "As Mr Burleigh exited the hotel lobby and started to walk down the street, diners inside a nearby restaurant spotted him through the window and whipped out their cellphones to take photos. Passers-by slowed and did double takes. After a couple of blocks, Mr Burleigh broke left with statesmanlike authority, toward the staff entrance of the 555 East American Steakhouse. * * * Mr Burleigh played the president in his schmoozy, self-satisfied MC [master of ceremonies] mode — not rousing the rabble so much as nuzzling it."
Break (vi):
"1g : to make a sudden dash <break for cover>
* * *
9a : to swerve suddenly"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break
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