by Gary Williams » Nov 4th, '08, 16:53
I like Pete Firman, and enjoyed all of Monkey Magic, but his recent appearance on the t.v. progamme, 'For One Night Only', and I hope you agree with me here Pete, was not his best. I'm not saying it was rubbish, but he was a little unfortunate, and the act didn't play too strongly. I'm walking on eggshells at the moment, because I am trying to be constuctive, as he is a good magician, but the formula doesn't always work. And that's one of the problems with televised magic. And with television being the most popular media format, every bit of t.v. magic adds to the sub-conscious overview of our artform, as if every effect was an advertisement for what magic is, where it's at and how enrtaining it is. This is at the most mundane level of magic performance, but which receives the most exposure. This, in my opinion, is why live magic is so stunning and receives the reactions that it does from people, which is why you have heard somebody say something similar to, "Well I've seen magicians on t.v. and I know a bit about magic, but I've never seen anything like that before." This is proof that the general public are not booking enoughlive magicians. Hmmmmm.....somebody should say that on t.v. Hope all is well with everybody. All the best, Gary.