Okay I will be realistic, magic is fake. Done, but that isn't a satisfactory answer so I will continue. Antonio and Dan both did wonderful performances of classic illusions brought to modern times. Now if we step back and look at both performance, we can see that both incredibly fake. However, Dan failed to get one person to suspend disbelief. The effect was asking too much from the audience. When he was first introduced to the audience he did a semi-realistic and plausible trick. Sure someone can go saw string into their throat, not many will though, so to an audience Dan's freakish nature made the effect plausible. However, tonight he asked the audience to believe he could cut someone's fore arm off then tattoo the chunk of meat and restore it back on. Does anyone else see the giant gap?
It went from a plausible trick into something unbelievable, a stage illusion. Personally, I would of thought Coin operated boy would of worked better here.
Antonio on the other hand can get away with the super flashy and even sometimes silly illusions because that is what he initially pitched to America and the judges. He set his standards with fire, magic and knockers, which he consistently delivers. A vanish isn't a far step away from the other illusions that he has done on the show thus far.
In conclusion I feel Dan's act was to big of a leap from performance to performance and was a little out of the set character he had from the first appearance on the show.
