Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
by Ian Frisch
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Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
Magicians are theatrical. And they use that theatricality to help perpetrate the deception. Is he waving his hands like that for dramatic effect, or does he need to move in that manner to execute the secret action? Is he wearing those out-of-date coattails to look dapper, or to hide the doves? Is he telling us this to fill time and “entertain” us,
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The success of a magician lies in making a human connection to the magic, the precise focus that creates a fully realized illusion in the minds of the audience. The simple explanation is that seldom do the crude gimmicks in a magic show-those mirrors, threads, or rubber bands-deceive people. The audience is taken by the hand and led to deceive them
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