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Ace of diamonds wrote:Criss Angel is an entertainer and that is what he does very well he entertains in the means of camera work, stooges and the like. However David Blaine entertains by the means of steet magic and does not use camera work etc. In conclusion they are both good ENTERTAINERS who use different means in the way to do what they do which is to ENTERTAIN. But if you are judging Criss as a bad magician then please carry on but you cannot say that he is not a bad entertainer.
Ace of diamonds wrote:Criss Angel is an entertainer and that is what he does very well he entertains in the means of camera work, stooges and the like. However David Blaine entertains by the means of steet magic and does not use camera work etc. In conclusion they are both good ENTERTAINERS who use different means in the way to do what they do which is to ENTERTAIN. But if you are judging Criss as a bad magician then please carry on but you cannot say that he is not a bad entertainer.
Jean Eugene Roberts wrote:there are no rules to magic tricks despite what rules you make for yourself i for example will never use stooges. but that's a personal choice and it means i will never be able to do effects as stunning as criss angle's.
Noodlesoup wrote:Stunning? Have you seen the stooge he "hypnotized" and cut the back of his head to get the chosen card at the season 4 opener? I find that pathetic rather than stunning. The building explosion? Even the Loyal doesn't find it stunning at all.
(I edited your post a bit, I like to keep things neat)Jean Eugene Roberts wrote:Noodlesoup wrote:Stunning? Have you seen the stooge he "hypnotized" and cut the back of his head to get the chosen card at the season 4 opener? I find that pathetic rather than stunning. The building explosion? Even the Loyal doesn't find it stunning at all.
No and neither would I, What's your point? That not every trick he does is a brilliant one. You know when I was talking about stunning I meant the ones where he disappeared or walked on water or walked through glass (sure the stooge was c*** (not the best) but that's us watching do you think the people watching Criss Angel would be looking hard at the shopkeeper?) My point still stands, Criss Angel has, through varying forms of deception, made people believe he can do the impossible. Isn't that in essence what magic is?
While he only did a few good ones and a lot of mediocre ones, that's what television has changed, it used to be that a magician with three of four good tricks could last a lifetime going round performing them.
Now that TV and Internet shows everyone his stuff strait away he, like many others, have to keep coming up with new concepts.
Ian the Mental-Ian wrote:
I agree with you and your last sentence was my point exactly.
He has convinced people he can do incredible things, that's all that he has tried to do.
He also, like you said, is under constant pressure to come up with new ideas and methods.
Yet, magicians hate him for people expect regular magicians to do what he does.
Alas my final point, Why is everyone fussing over this. It won't accomplish anything but satisfying your own ego and sense that you think you're a real magician because you do plausible tricks. All Criss Angel is doing is entertaining laymen. You all say you don't like him and he's a disgrace to magic, yet it seems you still watch him, everyone lately tends to jumps on the I hate Criss Angel bandwagon so as to fit in.
That being said I will stop my ranting. Who knows if any of this made sense and if I got off topic but... Thanks for reading (those who did) by the way, I really appreciate it.![]()
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