Jonathon Bryce
@hatandhare · 4:01
What Makes a Magician? Part 1 - A reading from the 1942 book ‘Magic’ by Barrows Mussey. Published by A. S. Barnes & Company
A good many of karmudgens who don't like magic have suffered through performances of that kind. And the perpetrators are apparently the very ones who can never be restrained from showing their prowess on the slightest pretext. Actually, it is not the trick, but the manner that makes the magician. If you can give comic recitations that are really comical, you are better equipped to be a good magician than you would be simply because you knew how to deal yourself all the spades and a pack of cards
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 0:45
I think I would really like to see more, but I think there's an important emphasis on that because I think that's really what can make or break an act. At least in my experience. But yeah. So cool. I'm excited to hear more
Jonathon Bryce
@hatandhare · 2:04
And I was just reading one of my books, and I was reading some of the essays, and I thought, this stuff, it's not giving away magic secrets. So I'm not breaking any code of magician, but I think for those of us that are in theater, this is such a great way to start looking at magic as a theatrical art as well