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Rotten Special user 829 Posts |
Why do some pitches not allow sword swallowing? Have they had a performer get injured or did someone give us a bad rap?
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MagiCol Special user Dargaville, New Zealand 929 Posts |
I don't know, so in my ignorance I'll suggest two reasons:
1. the location doesn't want to be held liable for anything wrong going on there. 2. find out by asking the adminstrators of the sites. If they havent allowed sword swallowing its possible they don't have a written record as to why they developed the policy. Perhaps the minutes of the meeting that passed the rule could be consulted. But its just as likely as you wont get an actual reason, only the outcome of that of "no sword swallowing". I have seen a sword swallower invite a member of the public come up and help him withdraw the sword. She held the sword steady while he back away, as I recall. That went o.k., but what if the swallower made a bad choice of helper, or the person got the jitters and jiggled the sword? What I noticed was that he definitely didn't pick a teenage girl who called repeatedly to be his helper. From what I saw of her "pick me, pick me' behaviour, I didn't blame him. I talked to him after his act and agreed with him not picking her. P.S. I get annoyed at naive people who think sword swallowers use fake swords. Although, famous english commedian and magician Tommy Cooper used a roll-up one in his show, so he is excepted!
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Paco iglacias New user 70 Posts |
It likely has something to do with laws concerning having/wearing swords in a public venue. In NY you can only carry a sword on you if you are transporting it from place of purchase to your place of residence (the cops here get antsy when you have a box cutter, let alone a two foot sword- you'd think they'd be less wary for people who carry guns at all times). There are probably caveats for performance and religious reasons so check out your local laws if anything.
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Phil J. Elite user 467 Posts |
I would guess the fear of being sued has got something to do with it.
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Danny Hustle Inner circle Boston, MA USA 2393 Posts |
I would guess liability insurance...
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