by chocolatethunder » Sep 5th, '07, 14:35
I love Brown. He doesn't take himself too seriously and I like his style, though I've heard it doesn't translate too well to large audiences. Having seen his act over xmas on TV, I'd be inclined to agree - in my humble only 8 posts to my name kind of opinion! Have you read his book on presentation? I've heard it's awesome!
Blane is great until you learn a bit about magic, then he quickly loses his sparkle.
Angel... As a person I find him deeply irritating. You know the kind of guy who'd show up at a party and everyone would be like "Damn, what did you invite him for?" "I didn't invite him, I thought you did!". But most importantly, I just find his stuff really fake. Of course, it IS fake, but with Brown and to a lesser extent Blane, you get sucked in to the reality they're building and for the duration of the trick you could almost believe it was real. It's like you're 10 years old again, and the world actually contains those kind of powers. With Angel, personally, I don't get that. It's plastic, style over substance, look at how alternative I am but don't notice the real talent off camera who built this effect for me.
There's no illusion to his illusions.