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Im not a magician nor study magick. Im simply a casual observer.

Regarding Criss Angel.

I’m not out to reveal secrets.. a botched "illusion" or blocked camera view combined with stooge is not what I call revealing anything more then a hack..

With that said,

I pointed out a year ago proving he uses stooges. On the waterbarelel escape episode he made a couple "disappear and then reapear further down a hotel hallway.. he stands in front of the camera totally blocking it's view while the "crowd" is amazed his subjects disappear .. err except Proved he botched it when he forgot the SHADOW cast on the wall showed even to the blocked camera that the subjects ducked behind a corner out in the PLAIN OPEN view of the "audience" watching while he blocked the camera. The audience "stooges" act surprised. bu the shadow reveals they are in fact stooges and thus proving he uses stooges openly for his impromptu stuff.

Ok lame, Fine, but what really irritates me is this hack keeps getting sloppier and sloppier.. Just this recent season, Im noticing him botching 1/4 of his tricks.. For example turning the girl into a 20 year old.. yea ok the rigid mount rig hat to trench coat was a bit obvious but if you looked the gap between the coat and Criss's leg you actually PLAINLY see the girl duck between his legs into a trap door and the 20yo. get into place.. I couldn't believe it! doesn’t his producer even see that in the editing studio?? lol.

The mouse eating bit even on SD tv you could see the microfilament tugging at it's nose and him holding it with his finger.. as he palms in a candy one

And just about everything else knowing he uses stooges doesn’t even require explaining .. the Bentley to lambo change under sheet.. when he blocks the camera view on the left side the other car drives in.. the "crowd" would have seen this but act surprise "of course".. how is it this guy uses stooges so often, blocks the camera, botches his other stuff and this is magic? it's an insult.. and how is it so many stooges and none ever speak out?

Full Disclosure...........
I Apologize if coming off like a flaming troll on Criss. I actually do read these forums just don't post. Criss caught my eye a few years ago when as you recall he openly claimed his magic as "real" and were actual physic feats. Young (and old) people bought into that and were even inspired to go into the occult as you would find their testimonies on his own forums. Regardless of being atheist, Christian, even wiccan, I find that type of deception to inspire belief in supernatural/occult with fakery for ones own career/gain is borderline immoral. Recall Houdini himself made it his life endeavor to expose magicians that use their tricks to prey on people's belief in the supernatural. That combined with what I saw as over the top narcissism in all he did and I saw a fraud screaming to be uncovered. Ironically though, exposure dosen’t require my attention, attacks, or ill-will.. this stuff is out there broadcast to the world.

Note from Mods: As you say above, this is old news so there's no point in rehashing it. At the time of writing you have a total of just four posts, all having a go at Criss Angel - how about we just move on to something more fresh and relevant? Thread locked.