Act
Playing
Playing noun - The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Turns out that's not quite right either as there never was any good side at all, the whole thing was just the psycho doing an act and playing everybody (including a mental health professional).
Source: Helpless Good Side -
In one Meta episode of Supernatural, the actors play their characters playing the actors playing the characters, and as neither Sam nor Dean actually know how to act, it doesn't turn out well.
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The performance involved a genuine knife throwing act, with actress Niabi Caldwell as the target girl and professional knife thrower Dr David Adamovich (aka The Great Throwdini) playing her husband.
Source: Knife-Throwing Act
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