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BrianMillerMagic
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| Dbaker wrote: |
Dan Harlan: "Magic isn't magical to a child, because it's easy to explain. The mind of a child has no limmits, they can imagine absolutely anythting. Some children just accept that the box is capable of making things disappear - it becomes a fact, and hence is not amazing. |
This is what I was getting at in my post. Children don't have a distinction between reality and impossibility which makes them very difficult to amaze.
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Michael Kras
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I was about to bring that up. The kids did not react AT ALL to my magic. The adults were in awe, the kids just stood there and didn't even clap. Ah well, that's the last straw. I am moving permanently into close-up. 
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Liam
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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really?
kids like my magic
i think that you just need a different type of show
You cant do things that seem impossible (ACR)
You have to do things that look cool, like the appearing cane |
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Michael Kras
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Very true.
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Liam
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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they like visually stunning things
adult prefer impossible things |
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Dbaker
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| Michael Kras wrote: | | I was about to bring that up. The kids did not react AT ALL to my magic. The adults were in awe, the kids just stood there and didn't even clap. Ah well, that's the last straw. I am moving permanently into close-up. |
That's how it goes.
Don't give up on the kids though. Close-up work comes and goes, but many a magician can suppliment his income through birthday parties.
You just need to tap into your silly side.
Gerry Griffin once told me,
"Dustin, you keep trying to be a serious magician, but you don't have it in you. You keep building effects that focus on shock and psychic phenomenon, and half the stuff you come up with would scare David Blaine to death. The problem is, you get half way through the trick and you start laughing. Nothing was funny, you're just laughing at your own seriousness. You're funny, you can't help yourself. Do some kid shows and let your creativity out. . . well not all of it; I don't think God would forgive me for telling you to release all of it on the world."
The point is, kid shows force you to laugh at yourself. They make you find someting funny in everything, effectively making you wittier. Learning to entertain kids is important when you work in restaurants as well.
In closing, don't let it get you down. Kids are tough, but the benefits are worth the fight. If you can entertain a kid, you can entertain anyone.
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Reuben The Great
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Personally, kid shows are a good experience for entertaining people in general. If you can entertain kids, you'll have the confidence later to entertain adults (which may be the parents). If you can perform well and make the kids laugh and have a lot of fun, the parents will enjoy as well.
Mike, I don't think you should move in to close up FOR GOOD per se, because kids shows will be one of the major things you are hired for. If not for the parents, for the kids.
I agree with Dustin, things that are visually appealing like appearing cane, feather to cane, doves and silks agree with the kids majorly.
The best audiences are 6, 7, and 8-- they mainly understand the little patt provided and are wowed by just about anything. 
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Michael Kras
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Certainly true... My previous mistake was simply that I neglected to include mainly visually engaging magic... most of it was what I normally do, which is mainly implicitly magical.
Kids LOVE colour changes!
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