First of all I want to thank everyone for their responses.
Some were very interesting and got me thinking.
If you're a natural comedian, by all means, magic and comedy have great potential. Of course this will tend to pull you away from the life-changing-introspective-fifteen-minute-silence effects, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
So which style do you think will have more of a reaction from?
Basically I'm asking which one is better. Comedy or a mysterious performance.
Put it this way:
If you were to perform for someone in a coffee shop, someone you didn't know. Would it be more effective to make them laugh while doing magic or doing a serious jaw-dropping performance and leaving?
I've noticed many times comedy can lessen the effect of the trick itself.
Warning, the following has vulgar language in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOv5bwdZr-w
-sigh- I really don't think this point can be answered by anyone but yourself. When I perform, I'm probably not myself, but I try to be, I really do. Although, I try to let my magic do the talking.
I'm thinking about experimenting using both styles in different performances to see which ones get better reactions. Of course I'll need to perform several times because everyone's different, but I could get an idea of which one I'd prefer.
I'm sure you must have some type of presentation for your magic. I mean your magic can't do
all the talking. What "style" do you usually use(who are you?). Ex. easy going, funny, etc.
I think when I'm performing magic, I'm pretty much everyone, everyone who I have seen perform. Everyone has had an impact on my magic, it might not show all the time, but it could be the way I think about performing or other little subtle things.
Cheers, Tom
Good point.
Every performance I've seen has taught me something. It basically showed me how I should act when I perform certain effects.
I wouldn't float a dollar bill and make a joke of it. It takes away from the effect rather than staying in complete silence which adds drama.
I guess artists create more than tricks.