The Genii Forum

Brad Henderson

I don’t think it suggests that Having worked on this a few years ago what I noted was that people exclaim when they see the cards back has changed. Showing that it’s their card is anticlimactic. And if you think about - makes it nothing more special than any other pick a card and I find it by some m...

Brad Henderson

The magic moment is the card changes color. Whether or not it’s the selected card is really just about accuracy rather than mystery. So - first phase; LOOK at the card that’s selected when they pick it. Make the card change. Since they know that you know the identity of their card, no one cares at t...

Brad Henderson

It can make sense. One merely needs a better frame

And you can 1)take all the heat off the double or 2) perform it without a double.

Brad Henderson

Isn’t the players theater where Monday night magic used to be held?

Brad Henderson

C Auguste Dupin is the name of the detective in Poe’s Murder in the Rue Morgue.

And it appears as if he has been dupin’ you.

Had he spelling is Nipud perhaps we could have had a 200 plus page thread on it.

Brad Henderson

Sounds like part of a sun and moon set

Brad Henderson

We can see his lips moving.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Auguste_Dupin

Brad Henderson

I just learned that Mr. C. Auguste Dupin, a private investigator of some renoun, has taken an interest in this matter. Though I am forbidden to offer my own opinions, I would consider it a crime to deny you good fellows the benefit of his brilliant wit. "That I conclude, is the fundamental rus...

Brad Henderson

Note: I will add that online (where most magic is sold today) visual magic is popular because the means of conveying the effect is inherently visual. But the real ‘magic’ is the staging of the reactions. Seeing those reactions cause the potential buyer (in this case the Actual audience) to inject th...

Brad Henderson

I agree and will go further. Visual magic, I contend, is often the weakest because nothing is required on the part of the audience. Magic happens in the mind of the audience. Visual magic requires one merely to accept or reject what is seen. Non visual magic (can and should) encourage-require the en...

Brad Henderson

Is Fool Us considered a game show? If so there are countless rules in the US which would prevent all the stooging opportunities that are imagined here. And even if it isn’t, it seems like a lot of people chiming in have never been to a taping of a TV show and have no idea the systems, processes, and...

Brad Henderson

Melvin wrote:
A magic trick is the passage from state A to a modified state B.
In theory, the faster the transition between the two states, the stronger the magical effect.

According to what theory in this?

Brad Henderson

Laypeople love that premise.

The anthropomorphism of playing cards seems to resonate positively with real people. Cannibals. Twins. Marx Brothers. Hotel guests. And of course the cops and robbers.

Brad Henderson

Great

Brad Henderson

It is astonishing stuff but perhaps not too practical in the sense that there are very few venues where you can do that kind of thing. Great for TV but I don't really know where else you can do it. I’m not convinced it’s even great for TV. They had to tell the audience what they were seeing. Plus i...

Brad Henderson

That they had to explain to the audience what was happening reveals the flaw in this type of screen on screen magic.

Brad Henderson

For those into this sort of thing:

https://www.automatacon.org/

Great little gathering. Have a talk at the first one. Amazing collection of pieces on site.

Brad Henderson

Not quite ancient but still new books about old automata. Elizabeth King is an amazing artist. Saw her exhibit at Mass MOCA years ago From the site: Elizabeth King and W. David Todd, with photographs by Rosamond Purcell An abundantly illustrated narrative that draws from the history of art, science,...

Brad Henderson

MSNBC report. magician Paul Carpenter claims to have been paid to create AI based fake robo calls impersonating Joe Biden encouraging democrats not to vote. Paul is - and this is a personal opinion and not a medicinal diagnosis - bat crap crazy. It’s telling they only showed his picture and no inter...

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Bill Mullins wrote:
Dustin Stinett wrote:I am a fan of alliteration

I'm an aficianado of alliteration, myself.

Alliteration is absolutely antithetical to accuracy albeit amusing

Brad Henderson

Person who identifies as a worker with cards.

Brad Henderson

Craig Mitchell: “*Celia Munoz: our singing ventriloquist returns this time under the guise of summoning the dead at a seance. She drinks, smokes and eats whilst singing what sounds like “Ave Maria” - the name of our dearly departed. I much prefer my ventriloquists to have actual physical characters ...

Brad Henderson

magicam wrote:
fred kirchner in part wrote: Is magic advancing or still almost a century behind?

Can you please clarify, a century behind what?

And which century are we behind ?

Brad Henderson

I have people send me your video all the time.

Brad Henderson

Thought maybe we should make a list of books sold on pre order that have seemed to have died

I’ll start with the Alexander de Cova book. De Cova says he’s waiting on Washuber. Washuber says he’s waiting on de Cova. Meanwhile all of us are waiting for a book we paid for ages ago.

Next?

Brad Henderson

Is it true that the deck must be squared for the topping technique? Wouldn’t Howie disagree?

Brad Henderson

Magicians are entertainers, not actors. Actors work in service of the script and the director--they are not there to entertain you. Magicians are no different than singers, dancers, and novelty acts. Many actors are entertaining Many singers and dancers produce work that is engaging and thought pro...

Brad Henderson

I hear the version touring through Colorado has immersive elements - very hands on experience for certain members of the audience.

Brad Henderson

This may be the best of those

https://youtu.be/ubNF9QNEQLA?si=V0uoIeij7ftREfJy

Brad Henderson

Video and brief discussion of Terri Rogers on tv this morning in preamble to a discussion of a book called ‘Overlooked’ - a collection of NY Times obituaries that never were but should have been.

Brad Henderson

Dustin - I think you locked the thread you intended for discussion of the volkman book

Brad Henderson

I propose we amend the title to ‘not the Bob read book’. All in favor . .

Brad Henderson

I’ll tell you why. Because most magicians are interchangeable copyists who could easily if not better be replaced by actors who actually have honed their artistic sensibilities by trying to find their own voices and not just trying to appeal to contest judges many of whom wouldn’t know art if it bit...

Brad Henderson

It’s sad to me (and reinforces so many of my beliefs) to see someone rooting for the failure of a magician trying to something actually new. Reference my comments on how magic contests and fism especially are backwards looking and actively discourage innovation - I’m not surprised to see who’s rooti...

Brad Henderson

I’m surprised you could find a pulse among members of the ibm, sam, and magic circle let alone an artist. Someone one should have told them that the artists are the ones least likely to be members of those clubs. It’s like looking for Picasso in an old folks home art appreciation class. All the weir...

Brad Henderson

The book I ordered was before fism. I tried to reach him by email to no avail but spoke with him briefly while there. We did manage to make contact via email after and I was told the book would be sent to me. It never arrived and subsequent attempts to contact him were met with no response. I paid t...

Brad Henderson

For what it’s worth, I never got my book.

Brad Henderson

if two different methods produce no discernible difference in the experience of the participant, how can we say one is better than another? Maybe "experience of the participant" is the most important factor, but not the only one. Suppose method an and method b look the same to the spectat...

Brad Henderson

Let’s consider the statement logically - if two different methods produce no discernible difference in the experience of the participant, how can we say one is better than another? If switching one method to another TRULY has no perceptual impact on the experience of the audience then are they not e...

Brad Henderson

I thought he did a great job. By the end of the monologue he had everyone with him and found his rhythm. I thought the entire show was one of the funniest ones of the past few seasons. Sadly the weekend update fell a little flat for me this week - which is unfortunate as it’s usually the best part o...

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