Gorilla Suit
Gorilla suits are full-bodied costumes resembling gorillas.
Gorilla suits have been used both to represent real gorillas in film and on stage, and also as a source of humour. The gorilla suit is a popular Halloween and masquerade party costume.
Gorilla suit performance involves pantomime, wearing a heavy costume, broad physical comedy skills, and a partial suspension of disbelief, while still playing on the very artifice involved. In this respect, gorilla suits are not far removed from puppetry. Jim Henson utilized typical gorilla suits, and never a full-bodied gorilla Muppet, in several productions. The person inside the gorilla suit is often uncredited.
Read more about Gorilla Suit: History, National Gorilla Suit Day, Gorillagrams, Notable People in Gorilla Suits
Famous quotes containing the words gorilla and/or suit:
“For a tired man who just found a gorilla in his bed, I think I’m behaving very well.”
—Ruth Rose. Ernest B. Schoedsack. Mr. Young (Regis Toomey)
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—May Hobbs (b. 1938)