When we are mistaken for someone else in our day-to-day lives, it is usually something mundane. A waiter brings us the wrong food. Someone at a branch thinks you’re someone they met at a painting party, but that’s not the case. However, in videos, a mistaken identity can have much more at stake. Here are some of the most productive videos where mistaken identity is vital to storytelling. Don’t know where you’re reading this. There is no need for mistaken identity.
Chris Morgan is a sports and pop culture editor and author of the books The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and The Ash Heap of History. You can follow him on Twitter @ChrisXMorgan.
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