God I hate heckelers...
1. Yes many times!
2. When I was early in magic I had a bad habit of performing tricks way before I perfected them. I always got i just saw what you did or you just did... so I'm used to that. Every once in awhile you get the real a**holes who just wont let up. Call you names! Or whom I refer to as "Ike" (stands for I Know Everything)
3. I think a lot of it has to do with society when it comes to people trying to figure something out. We are taught when we are young that it's bad to be wrong or not understand something (i.e.- bad grades on a test in school) We have to remember what or job is. We are in the business of changing someones reality. Sometimes when you do that people react very strange. Laugh, cry, get scared. When it comes to Ike he just doesn't like to be made a fool of or needs the attention. He has some self confidence issue.
4. Dealing with the heckler that saw something is easy. Usually a quick shh and a wink are good enough. Like its our little secret. Now on to Ike. I usually walk away. I've learned that confronting him only fuels the fire. I have verbally beat down a few but have never felt good about it. Neither has the rest of the audience. Every now and again I'll stop the performance and say something to the effect of "listen I understand if you don't want to watch but we're trying to have a good time here. Otherwise it'll be tomorrow afternoon before I finish this card trick." Let him know that he's not being fun and make a joke about it and he sometimes calms down.
1. Yes many times!
2. When I was early in magic I had a bad habit of performing tricks way before I perfected them. I always got i just saw what you did or you just did... so I'm used to that. Every once in awhile you get the real a**holes who just wont let up. Call you names! Or whom I refer to as "Ike" (stands for I Know Everything)
3. I think a lot of it has to do with society when it comes to people trying to figure something out. We are taught when we are young that it's bad to be wrong or not understand something (i.e.- bad grades on a test in school) We have to remember what or job is. We are in the business of changing someones reality. Sometimes when you do that people react very strange. Laugh, cry, get scared. When it comes to Ike he just doesn't like to be made a fool of or needs the attention. He has some self confidence issue.
4. Dealing with the heckler that saw something is easy. Usually a quick shh and a wink are good enough. Like its our little secret. Now on to Ike. I usually walk away. I've learned that confronting him only fuels the fire. I have verbally beat down a few but have never felt good about it. Neither has the rest of the audience. Every now and again I'll stop the performance and say something to the effect of "listen I understand if you don't want to watch but we're trying to have a good time here. Otherwise it'll be tomorrow afternoon before I finish this card trick." Let him know that he's not being fun and make a joke about it and he sometimes calms down.