To: edpc
smart magicians pay their assistants very well. For one thing in most stage tricks it's the assistants that do most of the real work, and a lot of it is really uncomfortable (the hiding holes for various disappearances/ transformations tend to be rather tiny). For another they know how all the tricks work, there's nothing quite like a disgruntled assistant to help some other magician's career.
28 posted on
04/26/2006 12:44:58 PM PDT by
discostu
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To: discostu
smart magicians pay their assistants very well. For one thing in most stage tricks it's the assistants that do most of the real work, and a lot of it is really uncomfortable (the hiding holes for various disappearances/ transformations tend to be rather tiny). For another they know how all the tricks work, there's nothing quite like a disgruntled assistant to help some other magician's career. Also, the assistant's stage presence and looks are critical in drawing the audience's attention away from the magician when he makes his hidden move.
40 posted on
04/26/2006 12:56:57 PM PDT by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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