To be honest, I enjoyed it at the same level as Barnesy, and really just posted as a curiosity.
However, the strong responses got me thinking - are there any genuinely great stage illusions? I’ve watched a lot of magic in my time, and for many years now I’ve been skipping past the illusions, because they generally fit all the comments above.
My challenge - to find 3 stage illusions that I rate as great performance. It took some searching!
Morettis sword box, because after 30 years it still baffles me, and because the strangeness of the performers is practically an artform in itself:
https://youtu.be/8t2ulwSKDi0
Copperfield's Origami box, because the visual illusion is beautiful, and the presentation is flawless (warning: 80’s hairstyle ahead…):
www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x26o9mb?start=891
It’s cheesy, for sure, but if you’re going to do cheese, you may as well do it to perfection.
Pendragons' Metamorphosis, because it is the ultimate example of doing something as well as it can possibly be done:
https://youtu.be/8WXCP0RCdk0
They are my three. I would have liked to include Copperfield's Flying, which is probably my all-time favourite illusion on camera, but it's nowhere near as impressive live, so I reluctantly left it out.
Hope these goes some way towards ameliorating the disappointment of my previous post.
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