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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
IRONic...maybe that's why I'm getting rusty...
Actually, I value books too much to burn them! And, actually, the 'loose use" of terminology pertaining to our craft, is at least IMHO, relatively recent. (except, perhaps in dealer ads) Far too many "JCLs" (Johnny Come Latelys) are only "trick oriented". They seem to be more interested in learning one more new move or new trick, than in learning how to make the presentation entertaining. Thank heaven there are always a few new guys who seem to catch on to the "real magic". Your appear to be one of those exceptions, as, overall, your comments are, IMO, quite good. I especially appreciated your post of Nov. 13 in THE WORKERS FORUM (PET PEEVES). O
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Jon Strum Regular user 125 Posts |
Thanks for your very kind words, Dick! Coming from someone who has truly created an enviable legacy in magic, reading your comments made my day!
I completely agree with you about the ever-growing number of trick-oriented JCL's. And I wonder if the almost unlimited number of videos released by magic companies shouldn't carry some if the blame. Every new trick carries with it a professionally produced video designed to sell the trick. And the one thing these videos have in common is that they are either set to highly pretentious music (which never seems to be playing when I perform for actual people, forcing me to open my mouth and say something) or if there is patter, it reduces the trick to nothing more than a riddle (because magic companies know that they will sell a lot of that trick if the viewer - - the magician--doesn't know how it's done). What the videos don't provide is an entertaining presentation, so the person watching that video doesn't think about the presentation. They think about the trick. And because they only think about "the trick", they don't learn how to routine their magic. Just look at how many Café posts are from newer magicians asking for help putting 3 tricks together. I wish I could suggest a quick cure for this. But every day, magic retailers send out tens of thousands of emails, each containing a link to a video of "a trick." Given that reality, I think they set the stage for newbies to be (and remain) "trick-oriented". I know that this scenario certainly doesn't apply to everyone, but too many Café posts and too many amateur magic YouTube videos speak for themselves.
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