Magicians 🎩

[Chaosolous]

How do you feel about magic tricks and watching magician performances?

I think it's interesting, even when you know the trick to the trick, the dexterity and social awareness required is impressive to me.

[kbiz]

Escrito originalmente por Psycho:

i like it. i like watching people do magic tricks in front of monkeys at the zoo. there's videos of it, it's really interesting

You're the monkey. And it is interesting cuz they know sh!t.

[Morkonan]

Escrito originalmente por Chaosolous:

How do you feel about magic tricks and watching magician performances?

I think it's interesting, even when you know the trick to the trick, the dexterity and social awareness required is impressive to me.

I enjoy magicians who are clearly communicating to the audience that they are "magicians."

I do NOT enjoy magicians who are continuing the charade of being a "magician" into the realm of magic, mystery, occult, special-powers, etc...

So, for instance, I don't like David Blaine. Sure, he's got some cool tricks, but... it's his presentation and the "just a bit too much" projection of "it's really "magic" and I am an occult weezard" personae.

As a result of his continuing to project that magical mastery of the arcane arts... he has a cult following of disturbed people that think he can really do "magic." No foolin', they think he has magical powers. :/

[Basho]

Escrito originalmente por Chaosolous:

I think it's interesting, even when you know the trick to the trick, the dexterity and social awareness required is impressive to me.

that is just it imo. any "show" type extras are just nice visuals that add to the experience, but the main draw, to me, is the fact that you know it is a trick but you are unable (at least in the moment) to figure out exactly how it was done.
and as such i also enjoy the continuation of that experience, thinking about how certain tricks could be made, well after having witnessed them.

[Adversary]

I am generally indifferent to prestidigitation and illusionists writ large. I am as indifferent to their continued existence, so long as what they do remains in the realm of entertainment and doesn't venture out into such heresies like charlatanism and petty theft.

It's not magic, if anything it's as much of a parlor trick as Ouija boards and Hellen Keller.

[Electric Cupcake]

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician was one of the first real superheros.

GenX kids probably remember him from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nblpob8gyzs

Doc Savage and The Spider came first, but they were just regular people with training and gadgets like Batman.