The Magicanada Project

Michael Kras · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:

No no no no that's not it at all! I'm talking about the art of busking and spontaneous acts of magic that peak the interest of onlookers. I never randomly ask on the streets.

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BrianMillerMagic · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 543 Location: New York State

If you're going to talk about busking, then say 'busking' instead of 'street magic.' Makes everything clear.
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Michael Kras · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

OK, Brian, I'll level with you... I do not say Street Magic in reference to it being it's own artform. I say it simply in the context of the performing conditions, performing stand-up and close-up out in public.
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BrianMillerMagic · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 543 Location: New York State

Fair enough sir Smile

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Reuben The Great · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 245

I have a comment.

I specifically remember ME telling you this on the bus MIchael if I'm not mistaken, after I had experienced that, and after I had recently wrote my ebook on the school magician.
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Michael Kras · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:

And I specifically remember me explaining this to you a few months ago in gym class.... it's an idea I had while watching the episode on Seinfeld where George avoids doing work at the office by acting impatient and annoyed whenever someone came into his office to give him a specific responsibility. I cannot recall you saying this to me at all Reuben.
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Liam · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 424

one very usefull heckler stopping method that is discussed on "the ultimated workers" is to open with something no one will figure out.
Something like Dr Strangetrick.
If at the very beggining you establish that you have crazy skill and that the methods will be invisible, people calm down and stop looking for them.

Michael Kras · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:50 am Post subject:

I find that to be a bit arrogant, correct me if I'm wrong and I've simply misunderstood, but coming out right off the bat and saying "I'm the best performer alive, you'll never catch a thing" will not only likely push the spectators away, but drive them to actually look for the method and sleights.
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Liam · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 424

you misunderstood

you dont walk up and say "i'm to good you wont see anything"

you just do an amazing trick in wich a method is impossible to find, so they just wont try

Michael Kras · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

I understand, so it is more implicit... I actually tend to do that a lot, I always open with a very clean no-palm card to pocket that starts off looking like sleight of hand, but the spectators can burn your hands with the selected card for the last phase and it STILL vanishes and cleanly goes into the pocket, with sbsolutely no sleights or funny moves. There are also some exceptionally powerful self-workers I use a lot from Steve Beam's Semi Automatic series.

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