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An Example of Two Points of View
An incident which clearly shows the
difference of view of magician relative to
the audience occurred at a convention long
ago while I was trying to sell a book on
Matrix. At this particular event I was
standing behind a table trying to sell books
to a young man. It so happened that his
wife was with him. She clearly liked his
magic and was encouraging him. I asked if
he had Matrix. He replied he did. His wife
exclaimed that Matrix was one of her
favorite tricks. The young man said he
would like to see how I performed it. To
this, I performed the routine the way it is
presented in my book.
Her response was most interesting. She
appeared stunned. She put her arm around
her husband and whispered in his ear,
"Honey, that's not the same trick." Then
she said, "When he does it, he doesn't
touch the cards."
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What is going on here? Well, he clearly
was doing the trick well because she liked
what he was doing. However, he was one of
these guys that had to pick up two cards
and show that a coin had not traveled
from one location to the other yet. Then
the coins were covered and then
uncovered. This was done to reveal and
show a coin had traveled to the other
location. The point is that he touched the
cards and made the magic happen.
In my presentation, the coin is already
under the other card (as in his). However,
I do not show the coin not over there and
then show it over there. I simply wave my
hands over the cards and reveal that the
coin is over there. The moves used are
exactly the same. And most magicians
would point out that the effect is exactly the
same.
But the effect was not the same to that
guy's wife.
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