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

On May 11, 1:53=A0pm, Marcia R.spamlessinlasve...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Donz5 wrote:
> > On May 11, 11:31 am, Tom W <blee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > randwill wrote:
> > > > "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
>
> > > >> so you think Paul was a co-conspirator...
>
> > > > No, but nothing in the presentation negates that possibility in
the
> > > > audience's mind. =A0Using the gl***** of a randomly selected
audienc=
e member
> > > > would have been less suspicious.
>
> > > > Paul may have been a co-conspirator in that he possibly ran
through =
the
> > > > segment with P&T in rehearsal. That would have been a good time
for =
Penn to
> > > > tell him that he didn't have any lines in the bit.
>
> > > Whether or not you like Penn & Teller, they are scrupulous in their
et=
hics. If
> > > they want to impress their peers in magic, and it's clear over all
the=
se years
> > > that they do, they are going to have to play by the basic rules
which =
means no
> > > previous contact with audience volunteers.
>
> > > That said, I was wondering if they had rehearsed the trick with Paul
w=
hich took
> > > me out of the trick itself. I think the problem was that he wasn't a
g=
ood
> > > participant. I also think that if his incessant talking was
affecting =
the trick,
> > > Penn would not have hesitated to tell him to shut up.
>
> > > Tom W
>
> > I doubt they even had a rehearsal, at least on stage; Monday
> > afternoon's rehearsal time was devoted to Lance Burton's act for the
> > Monday broadcast. And if there were a rehearsal, based on past
> > practice, most likely another staffer, perhaps an intern, was used in
> > Paul's place.
>
> > I saw nothing illegitimate in the act; no duplicate gl*****, no prior
> > coordination with Paul. What I saw were two master entertainers
> > presenting multiple and simultaneous sleight-of-hands. That's what
> > they do.
>
> I understand you are never going to acknowledge our point of view. =A0We
a=
re not SAYING
> there were 2 pairs of gl*****. =A0We are just saying that when the
respons=
es to Dirk
> Arthur's trick was...There must have been 2 ducks or 2 tigers...how much
e=
asier would
> it have been to have a duplicate pair of gl***** when the assistant was
so=
meone with
> the show. =A0That was my first reaction before thinking more about it.
>
> Marcia

My post wasn't about "never ... acknowledging [your] point of view";
it was about expressing mine.