Re: Fri. 5/9 'Will it Float?' Sorcery

Donz5 wrote:
> On May 10, 4:03 am, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Crash Bandicoot" <NoS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>> news:48254879$0$15157$607ed4bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>>> Bill Kawalec wrote:
>>>>> Eh, I give tonight's Penn & Teller performance ... 1.5 stovepipe
hats
>>>>> (out of four).
>>>> I found it entertaining, yet somehow lacking. Maybe it was just to
short,
>>>> although I wouldn't trade a Cobie Smulders appearance for anything...
>>>>> Brady
>>> It was disjointed and not very coherent. There was no setup as to what
was
>>> about to happen.
>>> It also didn't help that Paul was a very talkative assistant...
>>> made it hard for Penn to get his schtick out.
>>> I still don't understand what the billiard ball had to do with
*anything*,
>> oh, that's the part I did get. The billiard ball is to distract your
>> attention from the wand.
> 
> Right -- Penn was prepping the audience in "misdirection" with his
> introductory billiard ball/magic wand. Then amplified it when he
> tapped Teller's blockhead with same wand. No one noticed that Paul's
> glasses were no longer in Penn's pocket.


You don't have to really worry about misdirecting the home audience
when the camera is in a tight close-up on a billiard ball...
you could bring an elephant on the stage!
There are some do's and don'ts when photographing magic,
and most of the "don'ts" were violated this week :(