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chrisgq New user WV/Florida 58 Posts |
I just saw a copy of the show Secrets of Street Magicians Finally Revealed that the FOX network aired at some point. What a bummer it is that stuff like this is aired for everyone to see. I know that, personally, when I saw the R***n for the first time I was floored. It is/was a great utility and now it's out there for the lay person to know.
I know that there are other places where things are exposed, but I felt like ranting about this since I just saw it. I'm done now. Thanks for listening. |
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football2136 New user 49 Posts |
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Magical Musician New user 10 Posts |
You have a right to fume chrisgq.
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ToasterofDoom Special user 671 Posts |
Heck, I still use the raven, and I saw that show. Apparently no one remembers, or cares enough to remember.
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Charlie the Tuna Regular user Baltimore Maryland 111 Posts |
I agree, thankfully it appears that most people missed the Fox special.
Charlie
Charlie,
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acchessor Elite user Nebraska 402 Posts |
Apparently Fox does this just to get publicity. I feel that this is a travesty to magic. Sure, the Internet has sources revealing magic (which I am part of), but to just turn on the TV and see illusions exposed is just dispicable.
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organicmagician Veteran user USA 345 Posts |
Yeah, this special was on again tonight. They gave away a bunch of decent stuff. But, nothing more than became publicly available after David Blaine's special.
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organicmagician Veteran user USA 345 Posts |
Anyone know which rising card gimmick he was using with the counterweight thing built into a half deck?
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organicmagician Veteran user USA 345 Posts |
Just for those keeping score, they revealed:
Voodoo Ashes in Palm Trick Raven use of a Short Card-Type Gimmick in a Riffle Force Arm Spinning Move (someone sells it as disjointed) above-mentioned Levitating Card Gimmick Pick a 2-Digit Number Mentalism Bit 2-Card Monte (Including 3x l**t, top xnge, etc) TT Spirit Writer "Circle Tear" with Ashes Message on Arm Bringing a Fly back to life A really complicated and ridiculous looking watch setting gimmick (kinda cool, I guess, but who would want to carry it for this one effect?) M5 Cigarette Through Quarter (with Shuttle Pass) Tearing a head off a dove Balducci Levitation The magician is so-so on technique. |
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state Loyal user 202 Posts |
Only people who are into magic remember this stuff. If you perform well, this will not affect you at all.
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gaddy Inner circle Agent of Chaos 3528 Posts |
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On 2008-01-24 06:50, state wrote: While I agree with this statement specifically, in general I think exposure is a bad thing. Here's a little something I wrote a few weeks ago about it,and why I feel that exposure hurts magic. At it's heart, exposure is anti-magical. Anything that is anti-magical hurts magic at some level! Quote: On 2008-01-15 05:26, gaddy wrote:
*due to the editorial policies here, words on this site attributed to me cannot necessarily be held to be my own.*
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Michael Peterson Inner circle is where I'm trapped, because of my 4071 Posts |
I remember when this show first aired, I was DEVASTATED!
Then I got over it & have been fine ever since. The only trouble I personally saw from this show was when I was watching a friend of mine doing table hopping at a restaurant. He did a coin vanish off of a ladies hand, her husband told my friend that he was going to have to tell her how it was done. He simply smiled & said ok! It didn't treat it like a big deal & continued his set. Mike |
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Darth Ewok Loyal user Greeneville TN 228 Posts |
They should have titled that show "lets try and destry David Blaine". it seemed like they just picked tricks from his first tv sepcial to expose
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kingjay New user 86 Posts |
Fox execs! I have a show idea.... "we need ratings...revealled"
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ehands Special user Mississippi 524 Posts |
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On 2007-03-07 20:37, acchessor wrote: I don't know how popular such shows are, but they must be extreme cheap, even among competing 'reality shows'. Exposing magic requires no wirters, no real performer, just someone wiht a camcorder! And the network, MyChannel here, shows it over and over as long as they can get a sponser. Should its a temporary shot in the arm for a fagile economy to generate cash with so little effort or talent.
"Oh look, we have created enchantment." Blanche DuBois
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Bedford Special user Louisville, KY 675 Posts |
There has always been exposure of magic effects, going back at least to Reginald Scott's "Discovery of Witchcraft" in the mid-1500's. I've been practicing magic for about 35 years and there have been exposures as far back as I can remember. I perform both corporate shows and shows for the general public and I can say that not once in my career have I had someone reference an exposure show. Bottom line, the magic isn't in your tricks, it's in your personality and performance.
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MagiCol Special user Dargaville, New Zealand 929 Posts |
Here's to the fact that people can't recall everything that happens in their lives, including just how magic tricks work. That, and the fact that many people are not aware that a particular show/episode is coming up on TV and so miss it. "You can fool all of the the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Now, let's get back to our magic!
The presentation makes the magic.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
The exposure bites and is way wrong.
Don't overestimate the attention span of the American public. Wait a couple weeks and nobody remembers. Heck on news cycle is enough. We may actually not help by being upset and drawing attention to it.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts |
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On 2008-01-23 22:15, organicmagician wrote: I had that one. I don't know who it belonged to, I got it at Tannen's, I don't remember a name on the instructions. Worked really well until the tape wore out. I couldn't find anything that worked as well. I might get another one! I doubt anybody remembers what was on the Fox special. Quote:
On 2008-02-10 13:10, Bedford wrote: Scott at least had a legitimate reason for his book. It wasn't just to generate sales, it was to try and put a stop to the arrest and torture of people on witchcraft charges. And I believe he had in the "magic section" an apology to any performer whose business got hurt by the exposure.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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jquackc Loyal user JC - Denver 218 Posts |
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