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Well, there's only so much I can tell you in a limited space. Besides that, my genre studies tend to be extremely focused, and I have a hard time finding more sources that aren't insanely expensive textbooks. What genres are you into in literature, film, and music? What are some of your...

Speaking as a filmmaker, did you just diss movies? And since apparently scripting kills originality, I suppose that's also a dig on theater. And any song that isn't completely improvised. Jesus... Anyway, the only real way to hone material is to actually perform it. In the process, it will...

Semantic definitions involve the vocabulary of the genre, the sensual trappings. It clues us in to what we're watching. The problem is that it's incredibly flexible and can cross a few wires. I'll explain in a second. The syntactic definition is the core themes that define the genre. In...

Oh it blows something... I sometimes forget that not everybody shares my belief that 90% of all jokes can be improved with blood.

Perhaps not, but if the preview isn't selling me on the whole thing, can you really blame me? Yeah, I get that argument. But I don't like the, "Screw it," approach to teaching the fundamentals regardless of how advanced I supposedly am when I purchase something. It's a matter of principle...

I almost deleted the post because I knew someone would respond with that joke. Then I just said "screw it" and posted it anyway to see how long it would take.

Mediocre might be too strong a word to describe a lot of the people here. Hell, actor might be too strong a word. My finely calibrated Giving A **** Meter still shows no activity. Hand to Mouth, what reason does that give me as an audience member to care? Part of the problem is that it...

It's nice to know the acid test of bad jokes still works.

Depends. I've never had to resort to physical violence. Partly because I'm a professional. I agree that some people only understand force, but I find it much better to use the strategy of calculated withdrawal while giving him the opportunity to continue coming after me. In retreating and...

This is like the third time this week you have attempted to speak for me. If you want to pursue magic as entertainment the same way that you would play guitar just to whip it out at a party, fine. But understand that this thread is not targeted at you. It is my decision to pursue magic as art...

To use an old analogy of mine, there's a phenomenon I like to call kvlt kiddie syndrome. It comes from a metalhead inside joke. The sub-genre of black metal is the most virulently anti-mainstream genre of all time. Some of these bands even do away with key and tempo in an effort to be more...

Fair enough. I'm going to go ahead and ruin something everybody here seems to love, so here's an open challenge to all the card enthusiasts reading this. Take Portal. Explain to me why I should give a **** about that card trick. After you're done failing at that, tell me why I should do...

If the shoe fits... And I'm looking for teaching that actually, you know... teaches. De'vo doesn't talk either, yet he has an effective teaching method that covers even the basics in excruciating detail. And I like how you call a "flourishers set" as if that's an excuse.

If I have to hear that one more time I'm going to blow my own mind with a ****ing bullet. Don't we all?

Well, let's take this in baby steps. The first phase is to actually educate the new generation of magicians in the art world itself. Whether old school or new school, magicians hate, hate, hate being told that their craft is analogous to anything. Hence the...

No they aren't. Magic isn't like theater. It is theater. And we need to treat it as such if we want to advance. Can magic have a larger impact on people? Yes. Does it often? No. This is a large reason that I study Jungian psychology and the works of Joseph Campbell. Paul Harris...

Maybe for some. Personally, how can I put this... The reason I don't buy D&D stuff besides the fact that I don't care about cards that much is because all the previews seem to communicate to me that their teaching style is influenced by Brian Tudor. And anybody who's ever seen Brian Tudor...

Quick note. Unless you know how to act, don't do any pulse stops. Ever. I don't mean as in conduct, I mean as in actual acting.

I stopped wearing a mullet ages ago. And the court made me promise to stop blowing things up. So you can understand my wanting to keep your comparison at arm's length. Both valid points. I find it borderline OCD that people are suggesting I carry a fire wallet, deck of cards, and coin...

As I said, make of it what you will.