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Universal Studios Puts Actors Out on the Street.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2002
By Robert Johnson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 24--A new generation of street entertainers at Universal Studios, who earlier this year replaced look-alike actors impersonating Marilyn Monroe, the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, are getting the hook.
The lively characters, including Latin bombshell Sarita Bonita, singer and dancer Rico Suave, and dancing sword fighters called the Swashbucklers, were supposed to keep visitors entertained between rides and stage shows.
"When you try new things, you don't always know what will be successful," Universal spokeswoman Susan Lomax said.
Rico Suave was pulled from his Hollywood Boulevard performances a few weeks ago. "He just didn't work,"...
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