hamming it up

Was he hamming it up for the cameras?

The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family’s security camera.

Newsom seemed to be trying to play the role of global statesman, hamming it up on the world stage in an effort to burnish his resume for a future presidential bid.

They put them on and dashed to the front of the stage, smiling and hamming it up for the finale: a class picture.

At this, Musk makes a cartoon villain face, hamming it up to the host and audience.