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<blockquote data-quote="PV Audio" data-source="post: 4742417" data-attributes="member: 554493">There is very little new magic being invented today. All the card tricks and what not that you see were pioneered about a century ago by people like Dai Vernon, S.W. Erdnase and other card manipulators. It&#039;s all in the way you present it. Think about this: if Angel didn&#039;t &quot;meditate&quot; and have black hair and simply laid down in front of a steam roller and ate a hamburger, you&#039;d just call it a cheap trick. The fact that he&#039;s screaming and laying on sugar glass to make it seem worse are what make you believe in it.Street magic is close up magic being performed in front of small groups of people. It requires a extremely high proficiency in sleight of hand, something which Angel cannot do effectively.Yes, he is using the most obvious methods you can think of, but they&#039;re just different to suit his performance character.I have such distaste because he is ruining magic. Angel does a trick and you only believe it because he acts like he&#039;s got some devilish powers. Most magicians act as though they&#039;re normal people, and the effect is that much greater because you think they&#039;re just ****ing around and not calling on demonic forces to execute a trick. He relies entirely on his cameras and &quot;audiences&quot; to make things seem real, since the magic itself isn&#039;t that spectacular. Notice that when he does an illusion NO ONE is ever screaming and crying to the point of hysteria&nbsp; or silence like they are with a Blaine or Copperfield. They&#039;re always like &quot;wow, he just walked on water&quot;. If you saw that shit in real life, you would be ****ing going insane, not just being amazed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PV Audio, post: 4742417, member: 554493"] There is very little new magic being invented today. All the card tricks and what not that you see were pioneered about a century ago by people like Dai Vernon, S.W. Erdnase and other card manipulators. It's all in the way you present it. Think about this: if Angel didn't "meditate" and have black hair and simply laid down in front of a steam roller and ate a hamburger, you'd just call it a cheap trick. The fact that he's screaming and laying on sugar glass to make it seem worse are what make you believe in it. Street magic is close up magic being performed in front of small groups of people. It requires a extremely high proficiency in sleight of hand, something which Angel cannot do effectively. Yes, he is using the most obvious methods you can think of, but they're just different to suit his performance character. I have such distaste because he is ruining magic. Angel does a trick and you only believe it because he acts like he's got some devilish powers. Most magicians act as though they're normal people, and the effect is that much greater because you think they're just ****ing around and not calling on demonic forces to execute a trick. He relies entirely on his cameras and "audiences" to make things seem real, since the magic itself isn't that spectacular. Notice that when he does an illusion NO ONE is ever screaming and crying to the point of hysteria or silence like they are with a Blaine or Copperfield. They're always like "wow, he just walked on water". If you saw that shit in real life, you would be ****ing going insane, not just being amazed. [/QUOTE]

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