Thursday, April 30, 2009

Slydini

Not only is there great footage of a great magician on Dick Cavett's blog, but he tells stories about magicians of yore. Stories I thought were fiction, but turn out to be seeds of truth in works of fiction.

Magicians have always fascinated me. On one hand, they use psychology to create amazing illusions, and I rarely get tired of seeing their work. On the other hand, many of them are huge jerks. There's something about the relationship between magician and audience that's adversarial, and which leads to giant egos.

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