And even as the musical gradually reconfirms that the goal of a great chorus line is unanimity, there's the fascinating reminder that behind each identically bright smile and in-sync step is an individual capable of leaving a distinctive imprint.
That's, um, the idea, right?" Similarly, the "minds" behind Pan Am had assembled a gaggle of pretty stewardesses, pushed their identically nice bottoms and smiles into identical uniforms and given them identical hats, and expected us to work out, without thermal imaging or biometric scanners, who was who.
"We're just teenagers; we're musicians," says Anna, her dark hair identically bobbed, her smile as wide.
He could take a portrait of an elderly couple -- the lines on their faces mirroring the lines on the gnarled hands resting peaceably on their laps -- and catch an identically transcendent, slight smile on their faces.
In 2002 and 2003, with Sept. 11 still haunting the news, he painted three identically framed head-shot portraits: of a smiling, plump-faced Osama bin Laden; a blank George W. Bush; and himself, his face grim and thin.
They were identical twins but didn't photograph identically.
Photographers captured the two men, dressed almost identically in suits, wearing necklaces of fresh blossoms, smiling broadly as they clasped hands like old friends.
In the second print, another man, identically posed, is in bed with a contentedly smiling woman who, for some reason, has three arms (one lies at her side, unengaged in the action).
Dressing identically to everyone else and serving customers chicken with a smile forced me to develop a very strong voice that I'm grateful for today.
In 2003, he painted three identically framed portraits, of a blank President George W. Bush, a smiling Osama bin Laden and a grim-looking one of himself.
THEY dressed almost identically.
