On 1/15/07, Nina Stratton <ninaeliza(a)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).
--
geni