[WikiEN-l] Exposure of magic on Wikipedia

[geni]

On 1/15/07, Nina Stratton <ninaeliza at 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).


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geni