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Big Daddy Cool Inner circle 1604 Posts |
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On 2008-09-16 21:30, Danny Archer wrote: Danny, that was the easiest part for me... What ultimately helped you or what "clicked" with you to help you learn this? BTW, I think BDC and Gino need to get together some time... |
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MagiUlysses Special user Kansas City 504 Posts |
Greeting and Salutations Critter,
No in any of the research that I've come across but it's an interesting idea. Joe Zeman aka The Mage Ulysses |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
I think that any identity issues have to be traced back, ultimately, to the Ego as defined by Freud.
Whether filtered through Erickson, Jung, whatever, self identity and masks always go back to this root. At least, that's how I see it.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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thegreatnippulini Inner circle of Hell because I've made 2582 Posts |
The Great Nippulini is actually a retired sideshow performer who only exists onstage. I on the other hand own The Great Nippulini as a business (this gets interesting... pay attention). If you (Joe Schmoe working as the Great Zamboni) owns a BUSINESS and registers the ficticious name, you can open a business account at any bank. Now, let's say Joe Schmoe here wants to keep his personal life as it is; personal. Joe does a major show and earns 4 digits (how lucky is Joe). Now Joe here can request that the check be written to the Great Zamboni as it is not HIM, but a business venture. Now this may bring up more questions, including our friends at the IRS. (It gets better), be able to prove that your "business" has earned less than the company spends for four years and your business technically becomes a hobby and is therefore tax free.
Am I the Great Nippulini? Only onstage. Do I own the Great Nippulini? For the rest of my life I will (as a hobby, tax free).
The Great Nippulini: body piercer, Guinness World Record holder, blacksmith and man with The World's Strongest Nipples! Does the WORLD care? We shall see...
http://www.greatnippulini.com |
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jasonmcconnie New user canada 58 Posts |
It's fun and lucrative to play magical characters but I must agree with magicwatcher2005;
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On 2008-03-10 19:01, magicwatcher2005 wrote: The timing and nuances you have learned must be adapted to the character you are playing. It requires dividing your attention even further. Definitely more challenging. |
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts |
At a juggling convention I once saw a New Zealander called Rumplestiltskin start his show at 7.00pm. He is a very wacky performer, manic and hypnotic. Most of the audience went to bed at about midnight and he was still going.....they got up and watched him the next day until about 4.00pm. He even went to the toilet in a dustbin on stage.....
He is quite famous for doing this! |
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superpixel Regular user Knoxville, TN 133 Posts |
Thanks for this thread, I'm about to tour with a hardcore Harry Potter rap band (yes, put those together and such a thing exists, and isn't even that rare -- look up "nerdcore") and I'm developing a wizard character that is slightly different than my normal persona. A bit darker, but still a smara$$. From my days in the theater I've found that establishing a specific look and backstory help a LOT. I had to do a lot of discussion with the band, too, and found out that while on tour we may be mingling before/after with the crowd, and I'll be in character than as well. And if someone wants to see something close up... boom.
But I also agree that the best characters will be modifications/amplifications of yourself. I have a bit of Ron Weasley's snark, so that is helpful But my character is somewhat haunted by the past, like Sirius Black. I was going to play even darker, but thankfully that's not what the band wants. The "show" sort of presumes everyone in the audience is a wizard, not a muggle. Anyway, I agree that if your character is so far afield from your own self you are going to have to work that much harder to nail the performance, on TOP of the technical aspects of the magic... And that Rumplestiltskin cat sounds like a ball of lightning!
-- superpixels / victor / banana wizard --
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Jim Sparx Inner circle Far Out, Texas 1144 Posts |
My wife thinks I'm a pain in the arse 24/7...
During my strip club touring days in the sixties I was in character even when I had a day off. I think it began in grade school, through college and graduate school playing the class clown. Even now when I walk through the women's section at Walmart I have a squeaker in my mouth and I'll squeeze a brassiere while making the squeaker sound. I always do this when there is a large crowd of shoppers in that section. The Mexican women thinks it is hilarious. The wife refuses to talk to me unless she is telling me to do something. Life is fun and it is to be enjoyed. Be in character 24/7 (unless your psychotic).
Et tu, Spartacus?
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chispadeelpaso.html |
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Jim Sparx Inner circle Far Out, Texas 1144 Posts |
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On 2009-02-27 10:04, Big Daddy Cool wrote: Also, according to my cats and dogs, you are what you smell like.
Et tu, Spartacus?
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chispadeelpaso.html |
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Motley Mage Special user 572 Posts |
[quote]On 2007-12-07 20:28, Mick Ayres wrote:
For some time, I have been performing in character full-time for the Walt Disney Company at their vacation resort on Hilton Head Island. In 2000, I created a character named 'Blue' who is an "island codger" (a soft-spoken but opinionated southern gentleman that looks like he just came in from fishing in a nearby creek). Howdy, Mick--I do hope you are still roaming about the tidewater flats up that way. (And still on the Café.) My family and I had the pleasure of spending an evening listening to Mr. Blue (or B'Lou) Crabbe spin tales at Hilton Head a number of years ago. The next day I was walking around the property wearing a khaki camp shirt, cargo short, and a straw hat when a young child, maybe six years old, ran up to me and asked for my autograph. Fortunately, Blue was nearby and I steered her toward him. I did, though, seriously consider seeing if Disney needed a stand-in for his days off. . . |
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