There's a small catch here...
See, we all know that magicians should develop their own unique styles and never copy anyone. But my point is that, every performer may have their own unique style, like, every comic magician might have their own favourite punchline and jokes. But won't the general concept be very similar to other comic magicians? The only differences then would be in the kinds of jokes, maybe some performer says self-deprecating jokes, maybe other performer insults the audience with a lot of charm, so that the audience still loves him, and so on. But isn't it kind of impossible to be COMPLETELY different?
For example, if anyone starts performing on the streets now, even if they themselves never watched Blaine or Dynamo, won't their style be similar to at least one of them? Like, if they are serious and talk less, it'll be like Blaine, and if they harp about how imposible and magical the world is, it will begin to look like Dynamo's. And if they do something gruesome, people will immediately think that they were copying Criss Angel.
I was just thinking about this. I mean, I do understand that some magicians copy others COMPLETELY and look like carbon copies of the other magician. Then, they become someone different, as if they were suddenly possessed by the spirit of the other magician. Also, it becomes really noticeable then, because it feels as if a switch suddenly turned on and their personality just, switched to something else JUST FOR THE DURATION OF THE PERFORMANCE. That, is blatant copying and NOT the subject of this thread.
But what if someone follows their unique persona, but STILL find that some other (probably more famous) magician has a very similar way of performing? What does one do then? Does he/she then change THEIR style and persona DELIBERATELY so as to look different?
What are your views guys?
See, we all know that magicians should develop their own unique styles and never copy anyone. But my point is that, every performer may have their own unique style, like, every comic magician might have their own favourite punchline and jokes. But won't the general concept be very similar to other comic magicians? The only differences then would be in the kinds of jokes, maybe some performer says self-deprecating jokes, maybe other performer insults the audience with a lot of charm, so that the audience still loves him, and so on. But isn't it kind of impossible to be COMPLETELY different?
For example, if anyone starts performing on the streets now, even if they themselves never watched Blaine or Dynamo, won't their style be similar to at least one of them? Like, if they are serious and talk less, it'll be like Blaine, and if they harp about how imposible and magical the world is, it will begin to look like Dynamo's. And if they do something gruesome, people will immediately think that they were copying Criss Angel.
I was just thinking about this. I mean, I do understand that some magicians copy others COMPLETELY and look like carbon copies of the other magician. Then, they become someone different, as if they were suddenly possessed by the spirit of the other magician. Also, it becomes really noticeable then, because it feels as if a switch suddenly turned on and their personality just, switched to something else JUST FOR THE DURATION OF THE PERFORMANCE. That, is blatant copying and NOT the subject of this thread.
But what if someone follows their unique persona, but STILL find that some other (probably more famous) magician has a very similar way of performing? What does one do then? Does he/she then change THEIR style and persona DELIBERATELY so as to look different?
What are your views guys?