Act
Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.
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Cirque du Soleil does this occasionally by moving an established act (and often its performers) from one show to another, with costuming, staging, and music revised to fit its new home.
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In Quick Change protagonist Grimm puts on a "deranged Vietnam vet" act as part of the bank robbery he and his two accomplices are staging.
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Staging an Intervention: Played for Laughs in the parody of Kesha's song Tik-Tok called "Glitter Puke" when it it is revealed that her drunken slut act is actually just an act enforced by her record contract.
Source: Web Video / Key of Awesome
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