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  1. Steerpike

    Editing to Protect the Secret

    Funny thing, I don't like either of those. The majority of the World's Greatest Magic specials were boring as hell, and Dynamo is nowhere near as charismatic as he thinks he is. The trouble is that magicians aren't stopping to consider that film and TV are separate media from theater with...
  2. Steerpike

    New to Cardistry (sort of), no idea where to go...

    Most are. Again, this is a very niche form of art and entertainment. The flourishing community doesn't help as it's notoriously insular and political. Decknique imploded a few years back because of that, and for the longest time there was some serious bad blood between Handlordz and anybody...
  3. Steerpike

    New to Cardistry (sort of), no idea where to go...

    Well that's a bit like a one-legged man entering an ass-kicking contest. I recommend most magicians go to the library if they're strapped for cash, but there aren't nearly as many accessible sources on flourishing because it wasn't a separate performance art until relatively recently. There...
  4. Steerpike

    Minors

    By refined I mean you've performed it near daily in front of live audiences for no less than one year. Just making that clear.
  5. Steerpike

    If you were starting over again...

    I can vouch for this from experience. Back in 2006 I picked up 13 Steps to Mentalism and my ambition promptly overshot my experience. Now that I've been focusing on mentalism full-time for about a year, it's significantly changed my perspective and I can see even more clearly where and how I...
  6. Steerpike

    Best Place to Learn the Muscle Pass

    I personally was never impressed by Jay's DVDs. David Kong's DVD was a hell of a lot better and had far more creative variations on the utility. That said, it's advised to do a quick search before posting a thread. As Christopher pointed out, there was actually a thread on this very subject...
  7. Steerpike

    How to be confident

    There is no shortcut here. Confidence comes from security, which comes from experience in the field. Get out there and perform. If you screw up, it happens. It's not the end of the world and once you internalize that it gets easier. So if you're looking for a magic bullet, there isn't one...
  8. Steerpike

    Minors

    I believe you have to be over 13, but that's the standard for getting a forum account too. The more relevant question is whether or not your material is actually original and refined enough for release. The quality control on The Wire may be questionable, but there is still some manner of...
  9. Steerpike

    New color change!!!>maybe?

    The fact that this is not original aside, you say only just came up with this? Why should I pay for something that hasn't been tested in a live setting?
  10. Steerpike

    What did I do right and wrong?

    0:04 - Turn off auto-focus. Auto-focus is horrible and makes everything look horrible. It actually gives some people headaches because it screws with your eyes by constantly shifting the focal point even if the framing is stationary. 0:11 - Between the glare from the window over-exposing the...
  11. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    You're assuming an awful lot. I saw Jon Stetson do linking finger rings with no stooging whatsoever, just clever stagecraft. Paul Gertner got a ring on an hourglass. He's been doing it since the 70's in fact. You can find it in his book Silver and Steel. As Christopher pointed out, this...
  12. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    Yes, though I believe there is some academic debate on that. Little foggy on the particulars about that, but for the sake of argument I have heard some people dispute this. Doesn't surprise me. The more abstract a concept the word represents, the more difficult the translation can be...
  13. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    Then the problem is that you are using multiple definitions of a single word interchangeably. In a discussion like this, that's problematic because now we have to try and suss out what definition you're using on a per-sentence basis, and whether or not you're using it correctly. You have to...
  14. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    Same difference. You're expanding the definition because it sounds good, not necessarily because it's grounded in true artistic theory. History lesson: Special effects were actually invented by former stage magician turned filmmaker Georges Melies. Now before you go ahead and assume that...
  15. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    I'm going to start referring to this particular argument, which I've seen come up time and again, as Diet Dada. All the fun and nonsense of Dada without all of the academic/intellectual underpinnings. As Robert Plant once said, "... you know that sometimes words can have two meanings." You're...
  16. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    I think you're getting the language of the media crossed. Every medium is consumed by the audience according to the conventions associated with the respective medium. In other words, a book is a book and a movie is a movie. What one does well, the other may not. Magic is a form of theater...
  17. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    So it's a slippery slope then? Usually the thing that makes the slippery slope fallacious is that there is no comparative data to show that the dire predictions will come to pass, or if the precedent is already set then the predictions have failed to come to pass despite a great amount of time...
  18. Steerpike

    White Magic: My Review

    I lie all the time. I lie like a dog. Hell, I tell people during my act that some of the answers I divine are through reading body language and micro-expressions. Yes, I have studied this stuff for years, but it's a damned lie. I use one-ahead or a billet switch or something. I've been...
  19. Steerpike

    Mr. E. Takes A Stroll

    Pretty sure there's no way I could say that out loud without feeling like a rampaging wanktitan. I never really understood the obsession with borrowed decks. I've never met anyone who randomly happens to be carrying a deck of cards on them. It never comes up.
  20. Steerpike

    Mr. E. Takes A Stroll

    What does that mean? I don't speak in acronyms. Anyway, that was mechanically clumsy and the presentation left no drama, no excitement. There was never any doubt you'd produce the card, the "mystery card" was obviously part of the set-up because you never offered any explanation for it being...
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