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Magicians Who Reveal How They Pull Off Illusions Are Betraying Their Fellow Magicians
Sure, it's fun to see how a trick was done, but then it's no longer a trick anymore for anyone. You can say quite literally it loses the "magic". Granted small tricks like you might teach a child to do have already been revealed for a long time, but if you reveal every trick then you kill the fun for most everyone.
 Grenache  07 Nov 2008 21:34
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Hotdog manufacturers never tell people how the hotdog is made. They leave that up to vegetarian documentary producers.
 
 ur_wrong  08 Nov 2008 02:56
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 laws and sausages you don't wanna know how they are made;-)


hotdogs are made from hog's anuses.


laws? by lying scumbags in the nasty government.
by  sylverwyld
 08 Nov 2008 03:07
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Well I think you should be banned from the Magic castle!;-))
 
 keepmindok  08 Nov 2008 01:46
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 But then again maybe they'd invite me and saw me in half.
by  Grenache
 08 Nov 2008 15:49
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Knowing how the trick is done completely weakens the sense of wonder and awe of the magic. I think the most gratifying part of magic is trying to figure out how it’s done, not being told.
 
 verum  08 Nov 2008 01:31
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I agree. I never watch the shows that reveal the tricks. I will at least have respect for the art if they decide the dollar is more important.
 
 Bugman  07 Nov 2008 21:48
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Never ask the Lone Ranger to remove his mask.....
 
 sylverwyld  07 Nov 2008 21:41
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 Kimosabe!;-)) Hi ho silver away;-))
by  keepmindok
 08 Nov 2008 01:45
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I don't necessarily agree that they are betraying their fellow prestidigitators. Maybe they are just forcing them to reach greater levels of their craft by denying them the opportunity to rest on their laurels. Maybe they are just helping magicians to stay humble and remember they are just people who practice deception for entertainment sake. Those who expose the secrets are also using magic for entertainment sake, though in a new way.
 
 kkcoyne  08 Nov 2008 20:15
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I never got magic. No matter the illusion, you know it's only an illusion. How they did it is probably more interesting than the trick itself.
 
 2free  08 Nov 2008 01:49
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