Oh boy is this gonna be a big one.
(Forgive me for the insane amount of typos in this one.)
So if you aren’t familiar Anna Deguzman is a finalist on AGT. This has once again launched the big claim “Anna is only famous because she is a she”
This is a claim I do not agree with. That’s why I’ve gathered us all here.
I truly do believe Anna is a great magician, and a fantastic entertainer capable of winning AGT.
(Before we begin I do have to acknowledge my bias because if I don’t someone will. Yes, for years I have complained for years that magic is a sexist field. I have complained for years that woman magicians are rare and those that do exist face mistreatment. I will not get into that too deep here. I do still stand by this, and I do hope Anna Winning AGT would increase woman and girl magicians. )
With all that…
Let’s begin
Most people who claim this typically use a bad performance and then say something along the lines of “if she was a guy she’s never get gigs”
Now, this straw man tattic is common in all art and even politics. If you recognize this as what it is you should be able to accept it as the stupid thing it is. No one is as stupid as their dumbest thought and no performer is as bad as their worst performance. I remember when people would try to claim David Blaine’s career was over after the water stunt disaster. Spoiler if your not caught up but it worked out fine for him.
So I do believe most people who believe “she’s is only famous because girl” have seen 1 of the before stated cherry picked performances and assumed it to be true based on only that.
But since my main thesis statement is about AGT let’s look at that starting with audition
Let’s be real. Fantastic Audition.
I truly do believe she made the presentation her own. It had her personality built into it perfectly. She was really able to shine through who she is. Of course being on television you magic HAS TO BE VISUAL to really succeed on AGT. She does this greatly and nicely.
Most problems people seem to have with this performance is not problems with her but instead are problems with AGT. (Which is fair, you don’t have to like upbringing stories, non sensational finales so that way you don’t waste your best tricks in round 1, or hitting on the judges, but just watch most AGT performance like Matt Franco and you will see these elements as well)
And yes… the typical “trick is too simple” or “amateur tricks!” Complaint is being yelled to the heavens
This is a line said by mostly magicians starting out. Who seem to not yet grasp THE PRESENTATION out weighs the trick 100 times out of 100. when you have a charming person who gets the judges and crowd approval then it is a good performance to them. This argument was all over David Blaine during his first Magic special where people would say “he does the most basic tricks! He’s not special” or when Matt Franco won season 9 of AGT and became the first magician to win, and his comment section was BOMBARED with “such a basic cup and ball routine!” And etc. I could go on with piff the magic dragon and others but you get the point. Sorry bout the rant but that’s one of my biggest pet peeve in magic.
And moving onto her next performance
If you have not seen this yet…
Be prepared for some ROUGH SPECTATOR performance
Simon even apologizes. But they had to yell at howie because he got his card wrong. No one would take the card out of her mouth. Sofia didn’t know what a club was. Simon didn’t know what a clover or club was apparently. Just a rough situation for Anna.
So looking at this performance you just gotta give her props for being able to handle such a rough situation. Like for nothing to go right and still have a great crowd reaction is a spectacular feat. To have that much stress and still have her personality shine through is great. I feel that the cake reveal definitely feels within her character and within what AGT wants. As far as multiple selections routines go I thought this one was structured great. Each reveal better than the last with a great kicker ending. It all made sense. Everything connected. An excellent watch
Now I will have to acknowledge the load into the mouth was not up to the standard it should’ve been. It wasn’t terrible but definitely could’ve been better. I will say there is a chance a magic consultant at AGT was like “do a card to mouth” it worked for Shin Lim and she just wasn’t prepared enough. But I do not know that for sure. Because I’m not an AGT magic consultant. But I could be if the right producers sends me a message *wink emoji*
https://instagram.com/alaska_is_a_state?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
In all seriousness I will admit it was far from perfect but still not the worst card to mouth in AGT history that belongs to my favorite AGT contestant Matt Franco who made the wrong card appear in his mouth during his performance.
he would still go on to win to season 9 of AGT and be the first magician to win AGT so it’s definitely not a career ender.
Overall, I’m not saying everyone should accept Anna as the greatest magician ever. However I do think a majority of her criticisms are un fair and she’s far from “a bad magician who is only successful because girl”.
I Highly encourage everyone to watch her performance Monday and consider voting her through Tuesday.
(Forgive me for the insane amount of typos in this one.)
So if you aren’t familiar Anna Deguzman is a finalist on AGT. This has once again launched the big claim “Anna is only famous because she is a she”
This is a claim I do not agree with. That’s why I’ve gathered us all here.
I truly do believe Anna is a great magician, and a fantastic entertainer capable of winning AGT.
(Before we begin I do have to acknowledge my bias because if I don’t someone will. Yes, for years I have complained for years that magic is a sexist field. I have complained for years that woman magicians are rare and those that do exist face mistreatment. I will not get into that too deep here. I do still stand by this, and I do hope Anna Winning AGT would increase woman and girl magicians. )
With all that…
Let’s begin
Most people who claim this typically use a bad performance and then say something along the lines of “if she was a guy she’s never get gigs”
Now, this straw man tattic is common in all art and even politics. If you recognize this as what it is you should be able to accept it as the stupid thing it is. No one is as stupid as their dumbest thought and no performer is as bad as their worst performance. I remember when people would try to claim David Blaine’s career was over after the water stunt disaster. Spoiler if your not caught up but it worked out fine for him.
So I do believe most people who believe “she’s is only famous because girl” have seen 1 of the before stated cherry picked performances and assumed it to be true based on only that.
But since my main thesis statement is about AGT let’s look at that starting with audition
Let’s be real. Fantastic Audition.
I truly do believe she made the presentation her own. It had her personality built into it perfectly. She was really able to shine through who she is. Of course being on television you magic HAS TO BE VISUAL to really succeed on AGT. She does this greatly and nicely.
Most problems people seem to have with this performance is not problems with her but instead are problems with AGT. (Which is fair, you don’t have to like upbringing stories, non sensational finales so that way you don’t waste your best tricks in round 1, or hitting on the judges, but just watch most AGT performance like Matt Franco and you will see these elements as well)
And yes… the typical “trick is too simple” or “amateur tricks!” Complaint is being yelled to the heavens
This is a line said by mostly magicians starting out. Who seem to not yet grasp THE PRESENTATION out weighs the trick 100 times out of 100. when you have a charming person who gets the judges and crowd approval then it is a good performance to them. This argument was all over David Blaine during his first Magic special where people would say “he does the most basic tricks! He’s not special” or when Matt Franco won season 9 of AGT and became the first magician to win, and his comment section was BOMBARED with “such a basic cup and ball routine!” And etc. I could go on with piff the magic dragon and others but you get the point. Sorry bout the rant but that’s one of my biggest pet peeve in magic.
And moving onto her next performance
If you have not seen this yet…
Be prepared for some ROUGH SPECTATOR performance
Simon even apologizes. But they had to yell at howie because he got his card wrong. No one would take the card out of her mouth. Sofia didn’t know what a club was. Simon didn’t know what a clover or club was apparently. Just a rough situation for Anna.
So looking at this performance you just gotta give her props for being able to handle such a rough situation. Like for nothing to go right and still have a great crowd reaction is a spectacular feat. To have that much stress and still have her personality shine through is great. I feel that the cake reveal definitely feels within her character and within what AGT wants. As far as multiple selections routines go I thought this one was structured great. Each reveal better than the last with a great kicker ending. It all made sense. Everything connected. An excellent watch
Now I will have to acknowledge the load into the mouth was not up to the standard it should’ve been. It wasn’t terrible but definitely could’ve been better. I will say there is a chance a magic consultant at AGT was like “do a card to mouth” it worked for Shin Lim and she just wasn’t prepared enough. But I do not know that for sure. Because I’m not an AGT magic consultant. But I could be if the right producers sends me a message *wink emoji*
https://instagram.com/alaska_is_a_state?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
In all seriousness I will admit it was far from perfect but still not the worst card to mouth in AGT history that belongs to my favorite AGT contestant Matt Franco who made the wrong card appear in his mouth during his performance.
he would still go on to win to season 9 of AGT and be the first magician to win AGT so it’s definitely not a career ender.
Overall, I’m not saying everyone should accept Anna as the greatest magician ever. However I do think a majority of her criticisms are un fair and she’s far from “a bad magician who is only successful because girl”.
I Highly encourage everyone to watch her performance Monday and consider voting her through Tuesday.