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So that means that it is okay to have a character varying as per you mood on that particular day or during that particular time?

I admit I don't like puzzles that much. I also admit I'd love another 'performing magic to non-magicians and non-machines' video from him. He's just changed his demographic, in my opinion, and, well, looking at the numbers, it does seem to be a good decision. Just my unasked-for 0.25 cents. :)

What is the line between (in terms of performance character) adapting to different situations and 'selling out'? Or is there no such thing as the latter?

As I said, it's not really that easy to figure it out. Chris is a magician himself, so even if he knew how the trick worked, he'd not include that angle or that shot. People say a lot of things and then tip-toe around their own words. That being said, when he talked about not 'faking'...

A strong character is absolutely necessary while performing. Whether or not the character is exactly you, an extension of you, or something completely different, that is what the question is. While magicians beg each other in the community to have a character 'unique to oneself', so that magic...

Wonder Makers sell the Fire Watch on their website. That explains the aesthetics, unless they're using a different tool there. The trick doesn't seem to be available on the website though. There is a chance that it was not one trick but a combination which they created. Regardless, it'll...

Is it time to bring the white gloves back? But in all seriousness, I think you should wait till summer really sets in, before adapting your entire performance style around the precautions. The Virus isn't really heat-resistant. Thanks for the post by the way. It's responsible of you and...

You're excused, never worry :D Would you mind if I steal this line from you and go and tell people that they're in desparate need of my skills to make their parties or events better? XD Is professionalism sacrificable for today's informal world or would you say there's a line? (Excuse me, by...

Give me this product. I'd write the exams of those subjects with it whose teachers I hate, they'd fail me, my parents would be called, and then I'd show that I actually wrote the answers. The teacher would get suspended either for being mad or for trying to sabotage my career growth and I'd...

I guess the trick here (pun intended) is to identify what meaningful performances work with today's easiest formats of sharing as well... Maybe that's why there's such a dearth of meaningful performances. Now that you mention it, I can see how over-saturated the market is with similar...

I have been called wise by @WitchDocIsIn . Ma, I've made it.

Imagine you can tell all 'laymen', 100% of non-magicians in this world, a particular thing about magic, anything. Anything which you really wish nobody wrongly thought was true. What would it be? Would it be that the hands are not quicker than the eye, it's just that the eye doesn't look where...

Welcome! :) Good day to you too, I'm glad we'll be able to join each other to our journey to Warlock Level 60. As for sending a card at a specific location, I always control to the bottom and then riffle shuffle to the desired location. There is the pinky pull down to well, pull down specific...

There's honestly, positively, definitely, NOTHING of a better feeling than getting a cardistry move down in my opinion. I mean, for one, we don't have to worry about hiding it! :D Hmm... Interesting... :D :D The ultimate sign of pleasure for a magician of course, is often cramped and...

When was the last time you accomplished something and felt amazing, in magic? Or which of such times do you most vividly remember? Of course getting a great reaction, booking a high-end gig, such 'victories' are brilliant, but they are big. I'm more interested here in knowing about the...

I'd agree. I meant the website. I meant that since this is the digital age, there needs to be enough 'substance' about the performer online. That is how people make decisions to go to view even real-life events. By saying 'stage alone' I meant that no magician can remain only on the stage with...

While I don't disgree with that, I still think stage magic requires more investment. A close up magic is just, right there. Right in front of others, though I must admit that when I was thinking of close up magic, I wasn't considering magic which requires tables, which was silly of me. I just...

True, and I'm guilty of over-exploiting that. :p *TLDR AT THE END* But then the creative investment is huge. If we assume the basic knowledge includes mostly sleights and technique, we have to face the barrier of taking a close up act on the stage, which is creatively very, very challenging...

T True, and I'm guilty of over-exploiting that. :P But then the creative investment is huge. If we assume the basic knowledge includes mostly sleights and technique, we have to face the barrier of taking a close up act on the stage, which is creatively very, very challenging. But since it is...

Reading all the comments in the thread, I think I've come to agree that both have their easy and difficult points, much like anything. Stage magic does require more minimum investment than close up magic. I think all of us should take selective best elements from stage magic and close up magic...