tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30995741.post115341040254188487..comments2023-01-27T20:36:41.295-06:00Comments on chicagomagic: SoapboxChgoMagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00902404460067509817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30995741.post-1153538234105949142006-07-21T22:17:00.000-05:002006-07-21T22:17:00.000-05:00Nothing occurs automatically? Can you be really su...Nothing occurs automatically? Can you be really sure about that? No happy accidents. No stumbling around until you hit the right thing? I agree...many magicians never are comfortable with themselves on stage, but that is job for an analyst. A defect in their personalities and not because they are following the cues of the audience.ChgoMagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902404460067509817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30995741.post-1153531417738827832006-07-21T20:23:00.000-05:002006-07-21T20:23:00.000-05:00How very very wrong you are. Nothing occurs automa...How very very wrong you are. Nothing occurs automatically. Years of work may eventually lead to being comfortable enough to be yourself onstage. Many magicians never discover who they are because they are too busy being someone else -- usually the "I'll say anything to make you laugh" person. When they are rewarded with laughs, applause and money, they think they have done a fine job. And as we all know, that ain't necessarily so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30995741.post-1153457521487736672006-07-20T23:52:00.000-05:002006-07-20T23:52:00.000-05:00Perhaps you should actually read what I wrote. I s...Perhaps you should actually read what I wrote. I said they put their audience FIRST. Again, everything they do in their acts exists because years of audience approval has kept it in. The best performers are themselves and don't have to think about putting themselves into their acts. It happens automatically. They then adjust to the audience because no audience, no act, no magic.ChgoMagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902404460067509817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30995741.post-1153421838803713322006-07-20T13:57:00.000-05:002006-07-20T13:57:00.000-05:00Is the word "balance" in your dictionary? The best...Is the word "balance" in your dictionary? The best performers know how to balance their needs with the needs of their audience. Where do you think the idiosyncrasies that distinguish the magicians you listed came from? The expectations of the audience? Or from within those individual performers?<BR/><BR/>You are right when you say that plenty of magicians never listen to their audience. But many magicians listen only to their audience and not to any creative voice inside themselves. They have no creative voice. They are stuck in the place they were in when they first became interested in magic. They only want people to look at them and applaud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com