This American Life did a story about “Playing the Part,” stories of people who act like someone else. The first story of the four part story program was about Louis Ortiz, a Puerto Rican Bronx-resident who looks freakishly like Obama. I thought it was so uncanny that you would only believe it if you saw it:

After recovering from a 9 hour nap on Sunday after church, I threw on my flannel and some faded jeans to tag along with a friend to a show in Baltimore to meet up the band’s drummer, my friend’s childhood pal. I had no clue who the act was or what to expect – but good fortune had it that leaving my warm bed to venture out on the mean streets of Baltimore was totally worth it. Check out this [...]