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  • Although it made no sense in the context of his story — a cop solving a mime's murder in Philadelphia — he figured he could use it later.

    Genius C. D. Peck 2010

  • Some of the most evocative clips show him dressed in a mime's costume and a top hat, spinning around the streets of Paris on a unicycle.

    Documentary 2008

  • Some of the most evocative clips show him dressed in a mime's costume and a top hat, spinning around the streets of Paris on a unicycle.

    'Man on Wire' hits the heights 2008

  • With the mime's hard grip still around her arm like a handcuff, she strained toward the car door.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • With the mime's hard grip still around her arm like a handcuff, she strained toward the car door.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Maybe her legs were a bit shaky these days, maybe her memory was as blank as a mime's face, and maybe she was an emotional mess.

    Hiding in the Shadows Hooper, Kay 2000

  • After a handful of phone conversations with the mime's ex, Mr. Jones said he ceased even to listen to her messages.

    'Krazy Kat' Katzenberg Makes NiceWith Mouse Monarch Michael Eisner 1997

  • According to Muriel Marceau, who split with Mr. Marceau in 1959, Mr. Jones had telephoned in June to express his interest in obtaining some of the mime's drawings for an upcoming celebrity art show that he was putting together at the Stamford Museum in Connecticut.

    'Krazy Kat' Katzenberg Makes NiceWith Mouse Monarch Michael Eisner 1997

  • What's evident in the film is a deep yet delicate attachment between the illusionist and his young companion, a sense of the great mime's atonement for old parental failings.

    SFGate: Top News Stories He datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Amy Biancolli 2011

  • Still lithe and trim, with a mime's precision of gesture, the now middle-aged Petit animates the movie with his impish presence, retelling the six years of struggle and the myriad complications en route to the fateful walk.

    SF Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

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