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| David in Edmonton Canada |
One of the things we magicians strive for is the ability to allow our audiences to believe in magic. Not a foolish type of belief but a well-founded silent agreement with the performer that what he or she is about to do could be done by magic.
The author of this wonderful article in the Edmonton Journal describes it as:
“These are cynical times. A certain percentage of the audience at Copperfield’s Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion were eager to catch him slipping a card or a duck behind his back, up his sleeve or through a hole in the stage.
The rest of us, the ones who cry at movies, weren’t interested in discovering any tricks. We wanted to believe.”
Tod was one of the lucky 13 who vanished into the ether and refuses to diminish the magic for others by describing in any detail how the effect was performed.
Most of the magicians who read this page, have seen Copperfield perform the Portal illusion. I’ve been lucky enough to see it and be in it. It truly is magical from both inside and out.
After I vanished, I had a chance with the other vanishees to meet with Copperfield and he was genuinely interested in the show and how it appeared. He wanted critical feedback on the bits and tricks done and whether thinks could have been imporve or left out.
More importantly, he really listened as even a magician (me) told him what I thought could have been different and what I saw as someone with the knowledge of how the effects were performed.
He does care about the quality of his show and his continued success must be, in part, based upon his willingness to listen to honest criticism and seek constantly to improve.
The article is a great read, check it out.
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| David in Edmonton Canada |
One of the things we magicians strive for is the ability to allow our audiences to believe in magic. Not a foolish type of belief but a well-founded silent agreement with the performer that what he or she is about to do could be done by magic.
The author of this wonderful article in the Edmonton Journal describes it as:
“These are cynical times. A certain percentage of the audience at Copperfield’s Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion were eager to catch him slipping a card or a duck behind his back, up his sleeve or through a hole in the stage.
The rest of us, the ones who cry at movies, weren’t interested in discovering any tricks. We wanted to believe.”
Tod was one of the lucky 13 who vanished into the ether and refuses to diminish the magic for others by describing in any detail how the effect was performed.
Most of the magicians who read this page, have seen Copperfield perform the Portal illusion. I’ve been lucky enough to see it and be in it. It truly is magical from both inside and out.
After I vanished, I had a chance with the other vanishees to meet with Copperfield and he was genuinely interested in the show and how it appeared. He wanted critical feedback on the bits and tricks done and whether thinks could have been imporve or left out.
More importantly, he really listened as even a magician (me) told him what I thought could have been different and what I saw as someone with the knowledge of how the effects were performed.
He does care about the quality of his show and his continued success must be, in part, based upon his willingness to listen to honest criticism and seek constantly to improve.
The article is a great read, check it out.
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