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mrmuji Veteran user 343 Posts |
Now, Herdman, I gotta agree with what you say! Everyone is gonna be shot dead by doing misdirection in front of a camera. Everyone will rewind and playback to catch you out! Editing seems reasonable after what you just said!
Best Regards,
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mrmuji Veteran user 343 Posts |
Basically I don't like the way he performs, since he doesn't use much presentation or patter.
If I am better than him, why didn't I have several TV show behind me? If one is a genius, have other knowledge and skills, does it mean he can be the president? No, not exactly. Therefore, there is always someone better than me, so to everyone else. Hence, I do respect his business mind on how to turn small things into big impact, which I have never thought about. I just don't like to be compared like this.
Best Regards,
Bob |
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Douglas Lippert Inner circle E Pluribus Unum 2343 Posts |
Daniel, were you there when David Blaine looked like a puppet hanging from his wires before the balloons were released? He didn't consider every angle there. Also, his restroom breaks and checkups every hour made a lot of people disillusioned. David promised steak dinner but delivered a cheeseburger.
The rest of the special was really, really good, though. The ending broke my heart.
Douglas Lippert
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dg magic Veteran user Houston , TX. 350 Posts |
I was not there for the live stunt... Unfortunately, I was stuck at home with a shattered heel bone, full leg atrophy, and a foot with NO FEELING in it.
hahaha Thanks for the compliment... I think our team did a good job. DG
-Truth is made up of two things... FACT... and the ability to believe it-
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Rocketeer Special user Westchester, NY 965 Posts |
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On 2008-09-28 21:33, Thomas Wayne wrote: So when Blaine did the Balducci, there were no camera tricks and no fake reactions? How about that?
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Thomas Wayne Inner circle Alaska 1977 Posts |
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On 2008-10-04 02:43, Rocketeer wrote: "How about that?" Wow. Is that a gotcha moment, "Rocketeer"? lol I had nothing to do with earlier Blaine specials - I don't actually remember them much - and I am unaware of any of the levitations performed by David. Your confrontational approach, however, gives me the opportunity to say something I've been wanting to say to a good number of you "magicians" for a long time: I find it totally amusing to watch the reactions of envious, insecure magicians when a new TV magic special first airs. If it's Criss Angel (whom I worked with during the first year's A&E run) they whine and moan about stooges and camera edits - complaining that he ruins magic by either: a) making audiences believe all magic is done with camera tricks, or b) presenting effects that are impossible for them to recreate at their next birthday party. If it's David Copperfield they spew sour grapes about his expensive props, and posture about how they could do that too... if they just had his money. And with David Blaine they grouse about how he's just doing regular old standbys, and marketed effects that practically anybody can do – plus the scarcity of his “patter”. Why, he’s nothing special; “Even I know how that trick’s done”, they think. In my opinion, it all comes down to envy - pure and simple. No matter who the magician is, some percentage of these “magician” guys just can't stand the fact that someone else (besides them) is getting so much attention. Anyone here can go into any karaoke bar in the world and sing any song they want to in public. So how come we don't have 1000's of Frank Sinatras and Bette Midlers running around? Because it's not the song, it's the singer that makes the difference. Tim Trono is right about David Blaine's brilliance, and there's not a single one of his critics here who's qualified to even carry David’s jock. One last thing I will say about David that I think is worth noting. He exhibits a genuine joy in his magic – which is something we haven’t really seen in televised magic in a very long time. Just look at his face when a spectator reacts to one of his effects – he’s openly joyous about the obvious pleasure he’s brought to a total stranger. As far as I’m concerned, the last time we truly saw such a sincere enjoyment of the craft [from a televised performer] was Doug Henning! Copperfield comes off as slick and aloof, with comedy and dialog that is quite obviously well written and rehearsed. Angel projects extreme GOTH/PUNK, but in kind of a wish-I-was-younger way – he’s in his mid-to-late 40’s, for crying out loud – and has twisted the art of magic into some dark, loud, head-banging mish-mash of obvious stooges and camera edits. But David Blaine, for all his minimalist, bare-bones performance style, is actually broadcasting a genuine joy about this art we love. Frankly, all you critical “experts” might do well to pay attention and perhaps consider David a potential role model. We could do a lot worse. Thomas Wayne
MOST magicians: "Here's a quarter, it's gone, you're an idiot, it's back, you're a jerk, show's over." Jerry Seinfeld
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Michael J. Douglas Inner circle WV, USA 1645 Posts |
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On 2008-10-04 16:33, Thomas Wayne wrote: Agreed. It's like a seesaw - when one side goes up, the other side goes down. When someone in the magic community goes up and has some success, there are some who feel diminished. Instead of being happy and supportive of the success, they try to find ways to pull the other guy down to prop themselves up.
Michael J.
�Believe then, if you please, that I can do strange things.� --from Shakespeare�s �As You Like It� |
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ElwoodBlues New user Once a free trader on Bestine IV 17 Posts |
Still, David can do something most magicians can't dream of... Taking his shirt off on T.V.
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bobbyk Special user Florida 683 Posts |
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On 2008-09-27 17:48, Brandon Queen wrote: I agree.... I would much rather it be handled the way DB did it than for the audience to be able to rewind and finally land on the "switch" etc. I don't care that he borrows a prop.... For instance, I perform fraud frequently (so to speak):)...and at dinner the other night my friend was talking about the trick "where the seal moved on a dollar bill"...(he saw DB do it). I borrowed a bill, did a switch and performed the effect. He didn't know I was going to do the effect...if he had my switch wouldn't have worked...In the end, in the specs mind I did the exact same effect and he was impressed. He told me later that he did indeed rewind the effect, and several others for that matter,(he's a bigger geek than I am) and couldn't figure out that bill trick... If DB had done a switch shown on camera he would undoubtedly have figured out the moment of that dirty work.... As it is...all was protected and I can't see why I would be bothered by the end result. Interestingly, DB did another effect on his last special and I was fooled badly, even though I knew at least part of it... I rewound and was able to put it all together. I now do the effect. I went ahead and purchased it. Two reasons for this... one, I wanted to see if my method was exactly the same and two, the creator of the effect deserved it in my opinion. Frankly I wish they hadn't shot that particular effect the way they did, as a magician it was fairly easy to figure out...granted the layperson would have had a more difficult time putting it all together but there were moves that could be seen when studying the effect with the advantage of "pause and slo-motion"...They could've shot it in such a way as to better protect it and in my opinion it would have been a better way to go.... I did enjoy David's Magic.... I don't care much for the "stunts" but in my opinion he does some great magic. Best, Bobby |
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MarkTirone Inner circle palming not 1 coin, but 1139 Posts |
What is happening today a lot, Is if a magician or a spectator at home can't figure out a trick, We often just assume it is a camera trick due to the steryotype of the modern day TV magician. I remember in school one day I was performing an effect, And we got on this discussion of magic and a kid said out loud, "Yea what about Criss Angel, I saw on youtube how he does everything and it is all fake and camera tricks". Then of course the word is spread and soon everybody has seen how he does everything on TV and assume Blaine does the same.
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RevJohn Inner circle Oregon City Oregon, Oregon 2473 Posts |
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On 2008-09-28 21:33, Thomas Wayne wrote: That is really one of the main reasons that my friends LOVE watching David. It is really about liking what you are doing, and those around you know it. First time a good friend, Felix, saw David, she said something similar to: "This guy knows people!" And it was because he interacted with them, and they liked him. I think the joy part is so crucial. I am finding similar joy reading John Carney's Secrets, and the questions he poses to get us thinking for ourselves. Giddy is more like it. RevJohn |
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Joshua Barrett Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 3631 Posts |
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On 2008-09-28 21:53, magicman4646 wrote: I think a missing point is most magicians would not have the resources to pull such a thing off in that manner. If your living depends on you performing it would seem to me to be quite difficult for example to spend the day loading people up with gaffus unknown to them to boost your later performance.... and I'm doubting any client other then a television special is going to pay you for the time involved. I say this, because its implied this lack of "out of the box" thing is on part of the "lazy magician community" but that's not really true. I know I have talked to a lot of people who have had ideas like that but its never feaseable to really do them. So is the lack of out of the box thinking the magicians fault or the unappreciative audience? Because lets face it.... pre-planted or switched they don't know the pre-work involved. |
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