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SteelofUtah -> RE: Extraordinary Slight Of Hand (8/31/2009 1:40:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown
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ORIGINAL: SteelofUtah
Pyro,
David Blaine is a Liar, a Fake and a Cheat.
Haha, but I thought that's what illusions were all about, I mean if they were "honest" up front actions with out any tricks, they'd be called some'n else....Like crapy entertainment....or juggling....but it's the Lies ,back handed tricks and fake situations that makes for great entertainment.
I don't know Penn & Teller do the Cup and Ball trick with Clear Plastic Cups and Potatoes and it's still hard as hell to catch them. You know what they are doing you just don't actually SEE them doing it and that is AWSOME. I like Lance Burton as well because he still does some of the cheesy stuff but when he does you DON'T CATCH IT.
My Point was that with many tricks there is a set-up phase which is PART of the trick. By Not showing them you make someone only LOOK better than they really are. David Blaine is Notorious for this, he will show a trick once with a real crowd and then show it again and again restaged with shills and plants to make it look like what he is doing is more amazing then it is.
Blaine does a levitation trick where in person he raises up off the ground 2 to 3 inches that is the real trick, then they show you ata different angle which what looks like the same crowd of people where it is all staged and he is using a forklift or crane with Steel Lit Cable and makes it look like on the same day he levitated 3 inches and then again nearly 2 feet.
Most Magicians tricks have a Set-up, a story, a misdirection, and a flourish. If you only show the misdirection and the flourish and fail to show that he intentionally screws up the first time to setup the trick while telling a story to mask the misdirection you haven't done the trick.
A Magic trick / An Illusion has a goal to get from the beginning to the end without anyone questioning what just happened until it is all over.
A good magician canbe watched from all sides and still not get caught. David Blaine cannot be watched from all sides while perfoming an illusion, I know this for a fact. when you see him from the sides or behind you can usually spot the trick.
SO why is he Famous?
His Flourishes are AMAZING, he is a Showman, His slow talking manner make him MESMERIZING. This is why he has had much success.......... that and he does stupid human tricks and that got him more fame then his magic. The Ice Trick, The Burried Alive, The Standing in one Spot for days all these were the basis of his continued fame, the magic just got him an audience.
Steel
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