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drkptrs1975 Elite user North Eastern PA 452 Posts |
I like Penn and Tellers rules of magic.
1) Never Reveal the Secret of magic effects. 2) Never Repeat a trick 3) Never let the spectators see the preparation 4) Never do cups and balls with clear cups |
music Special user 623 Posts |
Then why do they continue to break their own rules?
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Keith Brown New user North Carolina 91 Posts |
No comment.
~Dr. Keith Brown
<BR>"The Master of Mystery" <BR>www.KeithBrownMagic.com <BR> www.TheInvisibleMagicShop.com |
docmagik Regular user San Bernardino, CA 119 Posts |
Because I still can't believe that magicians (of all people) continue to misunderstand Penn & Teller--and their cups & Balls routine in particular--I link again to Teller's acceptance speech at the Magic Castle.
http://www.pennandteller.com/sincity/pen......oty.html Quote:
I was noodling with Cups and Balls moves, using rolled-up napkins and empty water glasses -- an annoying habit I no doubt share with 90 percent of the people in this room. Now, in our street act, I did the trick with pewter goblets, but here at the diner I noticed a wonderful thing: if I did the classic load -- the one where you tip a ball off an inverted cup and simultaneously slip a palmed ball underneath -- the misdirection was so powerful that even when I did it with a CLEAR TUMBLER, the viewer still didn't notice the move. |
RevJohn Inner circle Oregon City Oregon, Oregon 2473 Posts |
Nice. Thanks for sharing!
RevJohn |
Ray Haining Inner circle Hot Springs, AR 1907 Posts |
Big deal.
Twist and turn. |
DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
Some people "get it". Some don't.
Woke up.
Fell out of bed. Dragged a comb across m' head. |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Quote:
On 2007-01-13 21:31, docmagik quoted Teller:...the intellectual concept of doing something where the eye could see the moves, but the mind could not comprehend. ... It's almost a foreground/background perception thing. Probably applicable to much stronger effects BUT really does depend on the audience not feeling a need to rush into that cognitive shifting. In the P&T routine, notice the humor. As to folks (here) getting it... that may come to more as they stop hiding behind methods and get in front of their magic to bring it TO audiences.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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mcharisse Inner circle York. PA 1226 Posts |
I think we sometimes worry too much about exposure -- every magic set includes cups and balls, but that doesn't mean much when you're watching someone good at them
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ViciousCycle Loyal user 210 Posts |
Penn and Teller do a unique twist on "Rule 1. Never Reveal the Secret of magic effects." In some instances, they are telling bald-faced lies when they claim to be revealing how a trick is done. When they sawed a 'mermaid' in half on a TV special, they showed a diagram of how to saw a woman in half -- and then they promptly turned around and used a method where the trick shown in the diagram would not possibly work.
And of course, Penn and Teller are surrealistic and like to play with one's perceptions of reality. Even when they claim to be telling it like it is, they're pulling some fast ones on us. When they did the metamorphosis underwater, and then turned around and showed us how they did it, they made claims that they could never actually get the trick to work right until they were filming before an audience. As if they would perform a trick that they weren't able to pull off. When Penn and Teller show how a trick is done, they are often just reminding us how easily the human eye and brain is fooled and make us laugh at ourselves. I don't think of them as 'exposing' magic, because they show how much fun it can be to play with magic. |
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