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Read more: Dr. Strangelike or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Like Dariel Fitzkee
I originally became interested in reading Showmanship for Magicians by Dariel Fitzkee after Darwin Ortiz coined the phrase “the Fitzkee fallacy” in Strong Magic. The way Ortiz characterizes Fitzkee’s philosophy seemed objectionable to the performance of magic but especially so to the social performer. Recently, I chose to read it, if only out of morbid…
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A/B Testing
Category: presentationRead more: A/B TestingThe debate to use sleight of hand or gimmicks has been alive and well before any of us were born, and will likely continue after we die. But… If there’s tricks you can do with both sleight of hand and gimmicks and you can’t decide which to use, this is a great way to test…
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