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Magic - Entertainment For
Children and Adults
Do you remember growing up watching magic
occasionally, in your life, as an art of
entertainment and how simple prestidigitation
has transported you to an unknown world where it
was all mystery, illusion and entertainment? It
is not surprising that magic has historical
importance although it gained respectability and
strength in eighteenth century.
Modern magic art owes a lot to Jean Eugene
Robert-Houdin who performed in France and
England. The 19th century magician of
prominence, Harry Houdini magic guru took his
stage name from French Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin.
The world remembers these two great names as
magicians who brought respect to an otherwise,
what was thought and practiced as an art of,
occult and conjure practice.
How Is Magic Performed
None of the performers of this day claim to
possess any supernatural powers baring a few who
may be called as 'charlatans'. Performers
establish an unspoken relationship with audience
even as they enter the stage, achieved through
sleight of hand. And then what follows next is
an illusionary and mind numbing combination of
deception, misdirection, connivance with a
member of the audience, mirrors, equipments and
other apparatuses with mysterious mechanisms,
and lots of other trickery.
The bafflement the audience falls into is beyond
explanation that audience thinks it lost senses
as they can't believe how anything that has
happened, albeit before their eyes, has happened
at all. Dumb stricken, having lost comprehension
and thinking abilities, audience, in no time
give in to the tricks and just become a part of
the show before beginning to pay a role
themselves.
Where Does It Stand Today
Unfortunately, for much of the 20th century,
this great art of entertainment was ignored and
marginalized. This is mainly because of the rise
of celluloid entertainment which added stories
to make believe shows. Stalwarts and enthusiasts
have been at it for reviving this 'children's
entertainment', as it is regarded now. But the
result, which, for much of the last 2-3 decades
has been elusive, appears to be a distant
possibility. The expression 'all smoke and
mirrors' which gained coinage coinciding with
the decline in interest has also contributed too
magic's present state today.
Some of the famous acts of magic are Escape Art,
The Great Indian Rope Trick, Teleportation,
Vanishing Act just make a small partial list of
great acts interspersed with the routine fillers
like innumerous number of card trick, pulling
rabbits from hats etc.
The term magic has become synonymous with great
performance in other fields too, especially
sports. Can anyone forget Magic Johnson, at all?
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