What makes our magic is worth to be seen ?

Hi, gang back again.

Few days ago, I re read my Maximum Entertainment. What a great book it is.

One question tickle my curiosity and myself,

What makes our magic is worth to be seen ?

Have you ever asked yourself what are the answers for that question ? Why people want to spend their time to watch you ?

Because, we can't deny that magic is an entertainment. You gotta have "something" to offer to your audience. Like singing, you over lovely voice. Movie, you offer the story.

With magic, what would you offer ?


For me, first of all, Magic itself bring the curiosity. People are always amazed by how people can get out off locked box while a bomb is ticking besides it, how things could vanish and appear somewhere else, something like that.

People fancy those stuff especially with excitement.
Put example like stunt show with motorcycles or big cars. It's just jumping over something, yet people still love and cheer watching it. You could feel the adrenalin too though.

For me, the first aspect to answer above question is a feeling created by magic. An amazement towards magic.
From my experience, first time I saw magic, it brought something different in my life. I saw something impossible happened in front of my very own eyes. Maybe you feel the same way first time you saw it. I fell in love with magic that very moment.
I really like David Copperfield's Show. How he packages simple stuff into big meaningful show. How he tells other people about his childhood story about snow (dunno if it's the truth or not) but it creates atmosphere so he can delivers his feeling to his audiences. It doesn't matter we speak about true story from our experience or just something we make up, as long we can create the feeling.


Second, the creating feeling action must be backed up by "sufficient" show package. Show and your performing character basically. Your creativity to create magic moments, sad story, funny story, happy story.
You can take a look at Bill Malone funny character, perhaps combination of serious and elegance of Gary Kurtz, the charming Guy Hollingsworth, or elegance of Lance Burton. They have certain character to create the atmosphere of the show. So that the feeling can be delivered.

For me that two things will be essential to make our magic get appreciation and will become one of main entertainment in the world. We all love good show, don't we ?

Perhaps my view different from others....

-AL-