BUENOS AIRES — Alan Garcia starts each work day on a cracked plastic stool, hunched over a small vanity mirror, caking on makeup to lighten his skin. He draws on sideburns. He pencils a cleft into his chin. And he pinches and lifts his nose with a thin strip of tape. After nearly three hours, his new face is instantly recognizable: Michael Jackson. Then Mr. Garcia trudges to work. Carrying a tattered suitcase stuffed with fedoras, a sequined jacket and one bedazzled glove, he boards a commuter train from his working-class suburb to downtown Buenos Aires, a two-hour trip. Five days a week, he dances for tips on a busy pedestrian intersection — the same choreography to the same three songs. "Smooth Criminal." "Thriller." "Billie Jean." Repeat. He takes home 3,000 pesos on a good day, or about $10. Elsewhere in Argentina's capital, Leo Blanco rehearses with four backup dancers for his Michael Jackson impersonation spectacular. The half-hour show features lights, smoke, eight songs, five outfit changes and a pair of trick shoes that enable him to tilt his body 45 degrees for Mr. Jackson's " anti-gravity lean ." Mr. Blanco performs for weddings, quinceañeras and corporate events for 80,000… Read full this story
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