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What Are We Talking About?
In my coins across routine, three coins
fly one at a time from hand to hand. I try
very hard to make each transition
appear the same. Marc expressed the
idea that such a plan was boring. He
endeavored to do coins across but vary
some of the crossings so as to make it
more interesting for the audience. That is
his perspective. That is not mine. My
feeling is that the sameness builds clarity
about what is going on. Also, if each crossing
appears as magic, the audience will not be
bored. I believe that doing exactly the
same thing three times in a row builds the
mystery in the minds of the audience. I
believe that doing something different each
event is perceived by the audience as a
different trick and prevents them from
focusing on what otherwise would be a single
powerful magic experience.
My goal is to address this issue of varying
the execution from event to event in a
single routine and contrast it with
presenting each event in the same way.
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What We Must Understand
Let's begin by making the point that what the
magician thinks the audience sees and
what the audience actually sees can be two
totally different things. Understanding this
is quite difficult.
For the magician that does, the rewards
are very high. Why? The magician that
does not understand what the audience
sees will perform for themselves.
Chances are that performance will be fast,
confusing and have little order. The
audience watching such a performance will
be confused, uneasy and have little desire
to see more.
On the other hand, the magician that
understands the audience point of view will
have a much greater chance to produce a
pleasant and exciting experience for the
audience. The audience will be left with
wonder and a desire to see more.
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