September 14th, 2008
Where are the facts that the best effects can be described in one sentence?
Where are the facts that being natural is the most convincing way to perform magic?
Where are the facts that people most name the number seven when asked for a number between one and ten?
Where are the facts that you shouldn’t open with a card trick?
Where are the facts that mentalism and magic don’t mix?
There aren’t any: these points are only observations made by magicians about their own performances. I hear too many magicians touting these ideas as facts, but while some of them give good advice, they have never been proven to work for every magician in the world. Because of this, we shouldn’t be afraid to take them, play with them and prove them wrong.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm Quote
“Where are the facts that the best effects can be described in one sentence?”
Braue asked magicians for their best effects and published them. the best could all be described in one sentence.
Glad to have been able to help you out.
(Oh, that doesn’t mean a complex effect will fail to register. But, if you start off knowing that you have a challenge, you’ll know the need to really point up what is happening, in your presentation).
September 15th, 2008 at 1:48 pm Quote
Actually, El Mystico, Braue collected opinions from magicians, not scientific data (aka ‘facts’). Maybe if he had asked SPECTATORS, the opinions would be more persuasive.
September 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pm Quote
Hi El Mystico,
Thanks for taking part! This kind of discussion can only improve from findings such as yours.
However, along with Marc’s thoughts I can’t help but think that Braue’s research (see most issues of volume 4 of Hugard’s Magic Monthly, 1946) is both out of date for today’s audience and only relevant to card magic.
Perhaps now is the time to conduct a similar experiment again? What would the #1 trick be, from an audience point of view? Could such a survey be designed in order to get an accurate result?
Thanks again El Mystico and El Marco!
–Andi
September 18th, 2008 at 4:55 pm Quote
the only real fact are those things are are proved to be not factual…
I’ll find out tonight if magic and mentalism mix…
September 19th, 2008 at 8:24 am Quote
…fact mentalism and magic do mix
November 18th, 2008 at 7:48 am Quote
Where are the facts that flourishes and magic don’t mix?
- harapan. magic!