On 1/15/07, Nina Stratton ninaeliza@gmail.com wrote:
People don't pay for the "magic" per se, they pay for the showmanship. In my opinion, revealing the mechanics of a magic act in no way detracts from that particular act's commercial viability. Struggling magicians, on the other hand, might be of another opinion.
You forget that there have been people who make their living comeing up with new tricks. You've also got the problem of the poor guy faceing a bunck of kids who know how the trick is done (kids are hard enough to deal with in any case).