that other magicians don ’ t generally know ? In other words , is there another person who would be willing to just reveal the secret to the trick you do simply because you have chosen a very easy trick to learn when first getting into magic ? A double lift changing in their hands comes to mind immediately . Then they might discuss if they would see it again . If the show is great the conversation in the car is obviously different , but I ’ ve tried to present four people with different interests and unique perspectives and desires from seeing a magic show .
Where am I going with this ?
Here ’ s the leap in thought . Most of our magic is shallow , jokes are shallow , presentations are shallow . I ’ ll give examples of each to illustrate . One liners or bad stock lines as humor … Shallow Presentations that are just explaining what you are doing as you do it ?... SHALLOW
Double lift that changes in the hand … Shallow
I know . I know how furious it is to read this . Yes , turning two cards over as one , then back again and dealing that card in to someone ’ s hands then telling them to turn it over will get a strong reaction , but that trick won ’ t last the hour . It will be learned , the mystery will live for maybe a few hours if you ’ re lucky . It won ’ t withstand google or conversations with other people who might just know this bare minimum entry to the magic world . But let ’ s go back to the idea of how long a trick lasts .
The lack of depth , anything interesting to say , and / or difficulty in learning the secret , will all contribute to how impossible a trick is and how likely it is to be found through research .
Audiences research now . Like fact checkers with political speeches . Audiences now fact check your magic . They google and research , they have access to youtube in their pocket and far too many mediocre magicians teaching magic poorly for profit .
Yes , we are now competing with exposure magicians with our own audiences . The only reason the exposure artists get views is because people want to learn secrets , but when all those secrets are known … they aren ’ t secret any more .
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