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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
I took my daughter to a birthday party last week. They had a magician there. He put on an excellent show, even though the kids were most rather disrespectful. He had a hard time maintaining his "stage" area, which was a section of a reasonably sized living room. I felt bad for him, because his magic and his presentation were very good.
I had to laugh though, when he took out a long rope, a medium rope, and a short rope. Before he could do any presentation with them, my 6 year old daughter announced, "My daddy can do that!" "well, can your daddy do this?" he replied doing a short silly dance step. Should I tell my daughter not to do things like that.
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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
No, that is what children do! His response was appropriate and comical.
As for audience control, that comes with experience and knowing your audience. If all parents, controlled their child, and teachers maintained the children remain silent. My shows would be a total flop. This is what seperates the children entertainers from the stage magicians (Silent acts) or manipulators, the ability to deal with the responses from the children.
Dennis Michael
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
Haha! That's funny! I think that guy just gained my respect! Did the kids laugh at his dance, too?
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Steve Haffner Regular user Kentucky 108 Posts |
Most excellent response! That will be filed away in my cavernous mental warehouse to be pulled out at the first oppotune moment. I'm not sure how silly the dance was, but I can imagine the sillier the better. I'll have to come up with the most outrageous thing I can think of.
And I agree with Den, your daughter was just being a child. She wasn't being disrespectful or ruining the magic for anyone, just being proud of what her Daddy can do. - Steve |
TomBoleware Inner circle Hattiesburg, Ms 3163 Posts |
That was funny.
One day you may have to tell her not to say anything, but at six I agree, let her have fun. He handled it well proving he understands children. Tom
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Parson Smith Inner circle 1937 Posts |
Sounds like a good magician and a charming little girl. Always a good combinatio.
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Michael238 Inner circle 1192 Posts |
I think the magi should not have said that to your daughter. That was a little rude.
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phaddad2 Regular user 171 Posts |
"This is what seperates the children entertainers from the stage magicians (Silent acts) or manipulators, the ability to deal with the responses from the children."
This is so true. Kid show performers that work a lot have come to expect this kind of stuff and I have always beleived that I would rather have kids that are full of life then kids who just sit on their hands and wait for you to do something. When I have kids like that I usually have my best shows. Pete H. |
Steve V Inner circle Northern California 1878 Posts |
A group of my lil fans were at a birthday show w/ another local magician. Afterward they told him "Mr. Steve does those tricks too". This guy replied back to 'em, per the mothers "well, this Steve isn't good and I'm a master magician". Well, that was about 12 years ago and I've been busting this punks chops ever since. When I see him he avoids me....cuz he is now my property. I think the magician replied to the lil girl with good humor.
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phaddad2 Regular user 171 Posts |
I think it was a great response.
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
I think he did a great thing. You can NEVER be better than "the other guy" who's not around, and to claim you are will make you look bad. You ESPECIALLY can never be better than a little girl's daddy. So if you can find a gentle (or funny) way to diffuse the comment without actually countering it, that's a great solution. He did just that. Nobody looked bad, nor felt bad.
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Eric Leclerc Inner circle Ottawa Ontario 1185 Posts |
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On 2005-11-26 20:33, mrlucky wrote: are you for real? whats rude about it? Do you perform for children AT ALL? I think that response was excellent..Couldnt of come up with anything better to reply... "the guy is lucky she didn't blaze him again"?!?!?! what!? She is a 6 year old girl dude!! She wasnt blazing him at all.. she was just being a 6 year old and responding to a trick she had seen.. To say he was LUCKY she didn't say anything more is ridiculous.. Who's in charge here?? You or a 6 year old girl? sorry if it sounded harsh but I didn't get your post at all.. cheers |
magic4u02 Eternal Order Philadelphia, PA 15110 Posts |
I agree exactly. I think the girl's response was sincere and just a child being a child. The magician's response to what the girl said was fantastic and it kept himself in character and made light-hearted of a situation that came up. I thought it was a wonderful response and not rude in the least. I also bet the kids enjoyed it and it probably got a huge laughter from the kids and the adults watching.
Kyle
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Steve V Inner circle Northern California 1878 Posts |
There was nothing at all wrong with the response.
Steve V |
magic4u02 Eternal Order Philadelphia, PA 15110 Posts |
I think the keys here are that
1) the child acted in a way a child would. And, I personally do not think she was being rude in the least. In most cases the children tend to react to things they are familiar with. To them it is a way of getting and seeking approval. Her saying her daddy does that is just her way of saying that she is familiar and has seen something like that. She says this as it is a way children learn and develop mentally. 2)The entertainer did exactly what an entertainer should do and did so in a wonderful way that kept him in character, addressed the question and allowed the show to continue to flow well without interuption. It was a perfect reaction to a question and the audience probably really appreciated it and felt it as if it were a part fo the performance. Well done I would say and we can all learn from similar situations. Kyle
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