I pretty much dont hate any magicians.
CA, hes a awesome performer. A magician with a half ass presentation wont get anywhere. as for the "he uses stooges, its not real magic" kinda stuff, who says its not real magic? ask the audience.
Cyril. Same as CA.
Magicians I love:
Derren Brown, John Archer, Tommy Wonder, David Stone, David Williamson, Gregory Wilson, Allan Ackerman, Ammar, Penn and Teller, the Amazing Jonathan, Kozak, Rocco Silano, Dan Sperry.
There is one magician who really buggs the lliving hell out of me. Jay Sankey. Surprise surprise. I used to love the guy. He had some of the greatest material ever. In a Flash, Witchita Slip, etc. His old DVDs... wow. amazing stuff packed with material. But in the past few years, he started selling out. I noticed that in a few of his DVDs, he repeats routines in different context. Im sure he has teached paperclipped atleast 4 times. It really bugs me when magicians sell out for the money. And if you look at the stuff he sells now, its just dissappointing. He is stooping to the lowest of levels. I respect his enthusiam as a marketer and what not, but comon... making a new effect and imediatly making a single trick DVD is just being greedy. His new material aint that great either. "hey look i can make a deck balance......" whoop dee doo....