October 31, 2012, 5:00 am 45 Comments

Has Anyone Ever Said That You Look Like Someone Famous?
By MICHAEL GONCHAR Louis Ortiz, an unemploye !uerto Ri"an man #rom t$e Bron%, realize $e loo&e 'ery mu"$ li&e !resi ent O(ama) *$at resem(lan"e $as "$an+e $is li#e) ,at"$ t$e a(o'e 'i eo an rea t$e a""ompanyin+ te%t (elo- to learn a(out Mr) Ortiz.s story) Has anyone e'er sai t$at you loo& li&e someone #amous/ ,$o is it t$at you loo& li&e/ In the Op-Doc videoBronx Obama, !an "#rdoc$ sho%s #s a brie& vie% o& ho% "r' Orti()s *i&e t#rned #pside do%n %ith the e*ection o& Barac$ Obama in 200+' "r' "#rdoc$ introd#ces the video, -hat i& one da! !o# *oo$ed in the mirror and sa% the most po%er&#* man in the %or*d starin. bac$ at !o#/ In this Op-Doc video, %e meet 0o#is Orti(, an #nemp*o!ed 1#erto ican man &rom the Bronx, %hose *i&e t#rned #pside do%n %hen he discovered his #ncann! resemb*ance to 1resident Obama' 2he &irst time I ta*$ed to "r' Orti( on the phone he said, 3I)m so .*ad !o# ca**ed' I)ve been *ivin. in the 2%i*i.ht 4one &or the past three !ears' 2hat %as the sprin. o& 2011' In the %ee$ bet%een that ca** and %hen %e met in person, Osama bin 0aden %as $i**ed' -hen I %ent to the Bronx to meet "r' Orti(, peop*e %ere hi.h-&ivin. and con.rat#*atin. him' I $ne% instant*! I had to drop ever!thin. e*se and &o**o% him aro#nd' "r' Orti( is a %a*$in., ta*$in. ima.e o& Barac$ Obama' -hen peop*e enco#nter him, the! see the version o& "r' Obama the! %ant to see' 5nd %hen "r' Orti( *oo$s in the mirror, so does he' Students: 6as an!one ever said !o# *oo$ *i$e someone &amo#s/ -ho is it that !o# *oo$ *i$e/

Do !o# *i$e %hen peop*e sa! !o# *oo$ *i$e somebod! e*se, or does the resemb*ance anno! !o#/ 6o% mi.ht !o#r *i&e chan.e i& !o# had s#ch an #ncann! resemb*ance %ith !o#r &amo#s 3t%in, as "r' Orti( has %ith the president/ 6a**o%een is a da! %hen %e .et to dress #p as someone e*se' -ho %o#*d !o# dress #p as, and %h!/