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have you ever found it hard to do some tricks certain people

Postby momolicious » Mar 2nd, '06, 04:28



like alot of people refuse to believe anything, like you know coin through soda trick. like they know its impossible so they wont believe it since its just a magic trick and the reaction might not be good. I mean is is still possible to put magic in their minds if they already know its just the magician being successful and pulling off something that isnt really happening

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Postby Demitri » Mar 2nd, '06, 07:26

Unfortunately, no. There are some people, no matter WHAT you do, who will never let go of the skepticism and just enjoy it.

In my opinion, it's not about a belief in magic (at least not with adults) it's about the ability to suspend disbelief. An intelligent spectator knows you aren't using "magic" - but they allow themselves to forget that and just enjoy being fooled/amazed/astonished/tricked, etc. Seek those people out and keep doing what you're doing.

Don't waste your time trying to convert people. For every skeptic who scowls at your performance, there's 10 more people down the street (or at the next table) who will love everything you show them.

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Postby el topo » Mar 2nd, '06, 12:05

If your spectator is not amazed, there can be two reasons for that. The first one is the spec is simply not interested in magic. She knows it's trickery of one kind or another, and for the rest she does not care. She probably wouldn't even be intrested in learning the secret, should you offer it to her. It's hard to believe but there are people like that out there. :) Another explanation is your presentation was not really amazing.

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Postby M4G1C14N » Mar 2nd, '06, 21:54

You must be a very good actor, because if ur just afraid of people magic is not right for you, you must give emotion and really sound interested in the trick that you are doing. Because if spectators see that you are stumbling or messing up they are not really impressed, sound interested and pretend you have magic hands.

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