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cablerock Veteran user 362 Posts |
I hope this is the right place to put this: This is why you must think through your gaffed magic routines. Especially when there is a little kid as your spectator.
http://www.wimp.com/performmagic/ I thought it was pretty hilarious, but at the same time it brings up lots of questions as to how he could have handled this situation. Thoughts? |
Eric Tyree New user 29 Posts |
I perform a great deal for adults and more recently I have performed a lot of kid shows. I learned quickly the effects to drop out of the act because it seems kids never blink and they say exactly what they are thinking. Kids will also be brutally honest. I am not sure how I would have handled that situation but I will say that for kids this small I usually don't set props down that are gaffed because they will do just that. Keep eveything in the hands or out of reach unless it is an innocent prop and the kid can hold it.
Eric Tyree
Magician, Juggler and Comedian |
sgtgrey Special user Austin, TX 839 Posts |
You get even more background and epilogue of the traumatic story in this youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj81_KaPKgQ
Worth checking out...apparently, that was a $400 moment. |
tomsk192 Inner circle 3894 Posts |
At that angle, anyone will spot the double, be it gaffed or just perfectly tabled.
With kids, it is just a different set of angles to work with, and a great deal of flexibility required. Flash paper helps, as do body loads. |
tomsk192 Inner circle 3894 Posts |
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On 2012-09-06 22:57, tomsk192 wrote: |
Eric Tyree New user 29 Posts |
Great story and it came full circle.
Eric Tyree
Magician, Juggler and Comedian |
Sleightofbrain New user 66 Posts |
My 8 year old was practicing with a Black Art Well...his 3 year old sister sat down on the floor in front of him for a minute and said 'what are those black pockets for"?
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Inert Special user Babbled incessantly for 683 Posts |
Personally, regarding the 1st video, I think it's great. I'd bet the whole poker pot that the audience savoured that moment more than they would have enjoyed the card trick. The mood was light & friendly. Performers need to roll with unexpected moments. It is moments like this which help create the magic imo. Just shutdown Illusionist ego.
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perceptions New user 99 Posts |
Small children have the innocent ability to see "raw reality, pure & simple" because they have not been fully indoctrinated into "the socially agreed version of reality".
You can test this assumption by doing a back-palm of a card vanish to children between the ages of 3 to 5 years of age. When shown the vanish, this age group (in general) will "naturally" reach behind your extended palm and remove the hidden card as if it were an automatic reflex. Yet, when you do this vanish to the age group 6 years and above, the child will look surprised and scan space for the "vanished" card. My father showed me this experiment with kids to demonstrate the importance of words (language) for conditioning perceptions. He explained this situation by reasoning that the older group of children had a developed vocabulary of words that allowed them to "see" the concept of "vanish, disappearance" --- words such as GO/GONE,NO MORE, BYE-BYE,HERE/THERE. Whereas, the younger age group saw through the illusion because they weren't yet "conceptualized". There may be other explanations for this observation but its rather amazing to see the various reactions of developing children. |
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