I felt nothing at Madame Tussauds – until I found my brother’s statue, and felt love

  • Written by: Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
I felt nothing at Madame Tussauds – until I found my brother’s statue, and felt loveEncountering my brother and his wax double.Cherine Fahd

Spitting image, dead ringer, chip off the old block. Doubles, twins and doppelgangers have a funny way of tricking us.

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