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From the Ted Talk by Adam Savage: My love letter to cosplay

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Not just with the process of putting on this costume and _______ the floor, but also with the community of other costumers. It's not called costuming at Cons, it's called "cosplay." Now ostensibly, cosplay means people who _____ up as their ________ characters from film and television and especially _____, but it is so much more than that. These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on — they mash them up. They bend them to their will. They change them to be the characters they want to be in those ___________. They're _____ clever and genius. They let their freak flag fly and it's beautiful.

Solution

  1. anime
  2. dress
  3. productions
  4. super
  5. walking
  6. favorite

Original Text

Not just with the process of putting on this costume and walking the floor, but also with the community of other costumers. It's not called costuming at Cons, it's called "cosplay." Now ostensibly, cosplay means people who dress up as their favorite characters from film and television and especially anime, but it is so much more than that. These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on — they mash them up. They bend them to their will. They change them to be the characters they want to be in those productions. They're super clever and genius. They let their freak flag fly and it's beautiful.

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