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A French presidential candidate is adventures in auto-eroticism': economies of traveling masculinity in on the roadtrying to squeeze in all the rallies he can before the first round of voting begins in a matter of days -- and the best way to do that is to be in multiple places at once.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke simultaneously at seven rallies on Tuesday. He was physically present at one, while his image (almost but not technicallya hologram) was projected to crowds in six other locations.

The technology works by recording Mélenchon and projecting his image on a screen on the floor of each stage, according to Le Parisien.

The screens create the illusion of a 3D Mélenchon so long as folks look at him from the front. Move to the side, and he becomes paper-thin.

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The far-left candidate did this once before, in February, but that one holographic showing was just a tune-up.

Mélenchon is one of four candidates with a legitimate shot at the presidency. The first round of voting is set to take place on April 23. Assuming no candidate wins a majority (and that looks pretty much impossible), a run-off between the top two candidates will take place on May 7.

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