So do I win an award for starting a good thread? Ha Ha. Just kidding. Man...lots of powerful info thrown out here fellas. Love it.
I would say that most kids show magicians fit Fitzke's statistics perfectly.... 75% are awful and 24% are mediocre. They all seem to perform the same tricks using the same props and the same patter. Let's be honest, those are the performers who are responsible for choosing to perform the "BAD" magic. My rule for a kids show effect is that if it can't work for an adult show, don't use it.
Elites are to be respected Steerpike. People who claim to be elite, in my experience, are to be suspected.
Oh....and if you don't think underdogs need defending then why did you so vehemently defend those poor maligned little brats I was talking about? See steerpike! Even you like to play the good guy sometimes
My statement was merely to say that magic is way harder than any other art form that I have ever tried to do. The amount of time and energy that I have put into this art is no where near the time I have spent as a guitarist, and I would have to say that my guitar skills are still better. (Side note: yes you can get by as a decent guitarist with just a few chords. How many songs are really based off of the chords of Em, G, F, D, C, and A? =P Just food for thought)
I am not sure that I fully agree with you here, Reality. The truth is, a good kid's show (in any other form of entertainment) would never, ever work for adults nine times out of ten. This also applies vice versa because we have different trains of thoughts on what is entertaining and what is not.
I am not sure that I fully agree with you here, Reality. The truth is, a good kid's show (in any other form of entertainment) would never, ever work for adults nine times out of ten. This also applies vice versa because we have different trains of thoughts on what is entertaining and what is not. Granted, I agree with the fact that most kid's magicians fall into the 99% because they don't follow the same ways of improving their show. But the day someone starts throwing in card tricks or mentalism (which I have always found too advanced for kids) into their birthday party routine, I think we would find someone who has really lost touch with his craft.
If I am have miss quoted you, or taken this idea to the extreme, I apologize. I just don't want people thinking that all the tricks for a kid's show have to work for adults also, because I just don't see the two entertainment styles coalescing.