RPW

Hustler, Filmmaker and Magician - thanks for sayingHot Tub Time Machine.
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Entitlement: When you take something that isn’t yours, then cry about being called out, play the victim then blame the person who put the hard work into creating that “obvious” idea.

[R Paul Wilson @rpaulwilson]

MAGA #MAGA #Trump @realDonaldTrump

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So @xspade1 puts my trick on his YouTube channel pleading ignorance, claiming he has no idea where it came from. I call him out and he A: Plays the victim B: Claims he knows it’s older than me. Would sure be nice if he took it down and only gave his own ideas away to the public.

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Magicians: I’ve carried this little miracle for over a decade. Now it’s yours to enjoy. Ultra-close up coin magic with a brand new principle to inspire your own ideas: https://t.co/YKfqOIV3kh

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RULE: If it can’t be experienced “up-close and personal”, it’s NOT “close-up magic.”

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Magicians have now reached the point where technology allows us to use methods lay people suspected long before they were practical or even possible. As undeniably impressive as these methods may be, are we only fooling ourselves?

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@IanKendallmagic Juggling is boring (like card tricks and moving pictures) without context, character, challenge and/or comedy.

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Magicians - let’s discuss: you’re booked to perform a public show for an audience who have seen many magicians. Do you avoid the classics (which are performed by many) or embrace them? Example: are the Cups & Balls effective if the audience saw it performed last week?

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The current trend towards dismissing classics or types of effect often asks the wrong question. Are card tricks boring? Sure they are. So are plays and movies and juggling demonstrations. I found astronomy to be deathly dull until I discovered Carl Sagan.

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Magic tricks are not gags and can be executed according to many factors that may be distinct (sometimes unique) to each performer. In the end, the artist should be more interesting and important than his paintbrushes.

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@Jamie_D_Grant Maybe, but I’ve had a standing ovation from a theatre filled with lay people precisely because the audience knew exactly what was coming.

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@meaderic Wow - visited this place on my last visit.

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In magic, being able to perform a sleight is not the same as being able to use that sleight in performance.

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One of the hardest lessons we must learn as beginners is how to not share secrets. Sadly, thanks to internet video, many become addicted to stolen credibility earned from giving away other people’s ideas. In the land of the blind, one eye is king.

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Most magic is just a procedure with a perplexing outcome. The hard part is making it personal, impossible and fascinating.

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Hey @chrisramsay52 - What gives you the right to share my move (and a Bernard Bilis sleight) in a public video while pitching your new cards? Some of us had to create our own ideas to share and sell and would prefer if you didn’t pick our pockets without the decency to credit.

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“I really believe I would’ve run in there, even if I didn’t have a weapon.” @realDonaldTrump, a legend in his own mind and the voice of hindsight heroes everywhere:

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@TheArchini @anthonyowenmagi ...and I think Tim Vine had a TV show on over Xmas...

[Andy Nyman @andynyman]

Oh my, this is brilliant https://t.co/KAPtGv6Tpc

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Hey @MurphysMagic - that thing called “Control” looks exactly like “Enigma” by Nick Night that I bought thirty years ago. What gives?