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253 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2025/05/28/houdinis-limit-on-google/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-05-28T16:31:35+00:00">May 28, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-05-28T16:33:56+00:00">May 28, 2025</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 254 255 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2025/05/28/houdinis-limit-on-google/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Houdini’s Limit on Google</h1></a> 256 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 257 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 258</header><!-- .entry-header --> 259 <div class="entry-content"> 260 <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="150" height="191" data-attachment-id="4244" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/houdini-c1906-153w/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/houdini-c1906-153w.jpg?fit=153%2C195&ssl=1" data-orig-size="153,195" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Inside Magic Image of Harry Houdini" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/houdini-c1906-153w.jpg?fit=153%2C195&ssl=1" class="wp-image-4244 alignleft" style="width: 150px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/houdini-c1906-153w.jpg?resize=150%2C191&ssl=1" alt="Inside Magic Image of Harry Houdini" />We love the world’s best known magician, Houdini. We also take great pride in our programming abilities and yet we were stumped yesterday trying to load an active graph from Google documenting the past and present searches for Houdini since 2010. We couldn’t go back further; like to 1920 and figured out that we were limited by the reality that Google did not exist in the Roaring Twenties.</p> 261<p>So while we don’t have the live data stream for Houdini searches on InsideMagic.com yet, we can report that the term Houdini continues to be searched daily with peaks in the number of searches on special days and weeks around Halloween and the date of his death in 1926.</p> 262<p>Why were we trying to construct this real-time search presentation?</p> 263<p>First because we thought it was a cool tool to put on our website. We’re always looking to spice up our space.</p> 264<p>Second, because we search for news or articles about Houdini daily. Sometimes the searches come back related to a rapper that used Houdini in his name. Sometimes it comes back with a wine bottle opener. Sometimes it comes back with the great Houdini Magic Shop from Disneyland or Las Vegas. But usually there is at least one hit for Houdini, the world-famous magician and escape artist par excellence.</p> 265<p>It is amazing that his name, story and images still register on the Google Search metrics.</p> 266<p>What a testament to his self-promotion, his place in modern history and his ability to entrance modern audiences even without being present (assuming you disregard claims of connections during seances).</p> 267<p>Magicians today still make reference to Houdini in their acts; often comparing themselves to the master performer. The modern audiences have never seen Houdini (other than the Tony Curtis film, perhaps) but the reference still resonates with them.</p> 268<p>We tried to think of other performers that have that kind of staying power. In the 1920s the American and European theaters were jammed full of performers and on a typical evening’s bill, there would be a star or top act. Yet, we are at a loss to name any of them unless they later had a career in a more permanent medium like film or radio.</p> 269<p>Houdini is what got us heavily into magic and we assume his popularity is having the same effect on a new generation of magicians and escape artists.</p> 270<p>What a wonderful art we have.</p> 271<p>By the way, if we are ever in doubt about Houdini’s work or history, we refer to the source that knows all,<a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/"> Wild About Houdini,</a> run by John Cox. If you are a Houdini fan, it needs to be your first stop daily for the latest findings and exploration about this incredible legend.</p> 272<p>We will continue to work with our crack programming team to get real time search stats on InsideMagic.com but until then, we’ll just report the highlights we find through our searching or from Mr. Cox’ <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/">website.</a></p> 273<!-- /wp:post-content --> 274 275<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 276 277<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 278 279<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 280 281<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 282 283<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 284 285<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 286 287<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 288 289<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 290 291<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 292 293<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 294 295<!-- wp:paragraph /--> 296 297<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2025/05/28/houdinis-limit-on-google/" data-text="Houdini's Limit on Google" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2025/05/28/houdinis-limit-on-google/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-33379-6ab9503548a88' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=33379&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-33379-6ab9503548a88' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-33379-6ab9503548a88' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indef
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335skills and physical prowess, emphasizing the danger and athleticism of his acts.</span></p> 336</li> 337<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 338<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Presentation:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Showmanship was key, but it was grounded in a sense of gritty realism. His performances were often straightforward, emphasizing the challenge and the sheer skill required to overcome seemingly impossible odds. He cultivated an image of a strong, determined individual who conquered adversity. He rarely relied on elaborate stagecraft or misdirection in the same way modern illusionists do.</span></p> 339</li> 340<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 341<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Methodology:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Focused on physical skill, strength, and understanding of locks, mechanisms, and the limitations of materials. He frequently challenged and debunked fraudulent mediums and spiritualists, emphasizing the power of scientific understanding and skepticism.</span></p> 342</li> 343<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 344<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Legacy:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Houdini remains a legendary figure synonymous with escape artistry. His name is immediately recognizable, and he continues to inspire generations of magicians.</span></p> 345</li> 346</ul> 347<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">David Blaine (born 1973):</span></strong></p> 348<ul class="ng-star-inserted"> 349<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 350<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Focus:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Street magic, endurance feats, and close-up illusions. While he performs escapes, they are often integrated into broader, more conceptual performances. His focus is on creating a sense of wonder and astonishment, often through seemingly impossible feats under seemingly impossible circumstances.</span></p> 351</li> 352<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 353<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Presentation:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Highly theatrical and visually stunning, utilizing advanced technology and creative staging. He often incorporates elements of performance art and often chooses unusual, public locations for his acts. He cultivates a mysterious and almost otherworldly persona.</span></p> 354</li> 355<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 356<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Methodology:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Employs a blend of sleight of hand, misdirection, and psychological manipulation. While some of his methods are known, others remain shrouded in mystery, adding to his mystique. He is less focused on pure physical skill and more on crafting a captivating narrative and experience.</span></p> 357</li> 358<li class="ng-star-inserted"> 359<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Legacy:</span></strong><span class="ng-star-inserted">Â Blaine’s influence lies in his ability to reshape the public perception of magic. He brought it into the modern era, utilizing media and spectacle to create viral moments and a cult-like following.</span></p> 360</li> 361</ul> 362<p class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Key Differences Summarized:</span></strong></p> 363<div class="table-container ng-star-inserted"> 364<table> 365<tbody> 366<tr class="table-header ng-star-inserted"> 367<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Feature</span></td> 368<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Houdini</span></td> 369<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">David Blaine</span></td> 370</tr> 371<tr class="ng-star-inserted"> 372<td class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Primary Focus</span></strong></td> 373<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Escape artistry</span></td> 374<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Street magic, endurance, illusion</span></td> 375</tr> 376<tr class="ng-star-inserted"> 377<td class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Presentation</span></strong></td> 378<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Gritty realism, physical skill</span></td> 379<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Theatrical, modern spectacle</span></td> 380</tr> 381<tr class="ng-star-inserted"> 382<td class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Methodology</span></strong></td> 383<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Physical skill, mechanical knowledge</span></td> 384<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Sleight of hand, misdirection, psychological manipulation</span></td> 385</tr> 386<tr class="ng-star-inserted"> 387<td class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Persona</span></strong></td> 388<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Strong, determined adventurer</span></td> 389<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">
389Mysterious, almost otherworldly</span></td> 390</tr> 391<tr class="ng-star-inserted"> 392<td class="ng-star-inserted"><strong class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Emphasis</span></strong></td> 393<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Overcoming physical challenges</span></td> 394<td class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">Creating wonder and astonishment</span></td> 395</tr> 396</tbody> 397</table> 398</div> 399<p class="ng-star-inserted"><span class="ng-star-inserted">In essence, Houdini was a master of physical prowess and mechanical ingenuity, while Blaine is a master of psychological manipulation and modern performance art, both utilizing magic as a vehicle for entertainment and spectacle, but with vastly different approaches and legacies. They both, however, remain titans in the world of magic.</span></p> 400<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2025/03/31/ai-compares-magicians-houdini-blaine/" data-text="AI Compares Magicians Houdini & Blaine" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2025/03/31/ai-compares-magicians-houdini-blaine/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-32895-6ab950354b11a' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=32895&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-32895-6ab950354b11a' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-32895-6ab950354b11a' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indefinite"/></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Loadingâ¦</span></span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> 401 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 402 403 <footer class="entry-footer"> 404 <div class="entry-footer-right"> 405 <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2025/03/31/ai-compares-magicians-houdini-blaine/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> 406 407 </div> 408 409 <span class="tags-links"> 410 Filed under: <a href="https://insidemagic.com/tag/david_blaine/" rel="tag">David Blaine</a>, <a href="https://insidemagic.com/tag/harry-houdini/" rel="tag">harry houdini</a> </span> 411 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 412</article><!-- #post-## --> 413 414 415 <article id="post-2604" class="post-2604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-magician-feature tag-houdini"> 416 417 418<div class="featured-image"> 419 <img width="500" height="450" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-Cat-Fireworks.png?resize=500%2C450&ssl=1" class="attachment-dailymag-featured size-dailymag-featured wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="8515" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/2019/08/22/errors-and-retractions-from-inside-magic/black-cat-fireworks/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-Cat-Fireworks.png?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1" data-orig-size="500,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Black Cat Fireworks" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-Cat-Fireworks.png?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1" /></div><!-- .featured-image --> 420 421 <header class="entry-header"> 422 <div class="entry-header-row"> 423 <div class="entry-header-column"> 424 <div class="entry-meta"> 425 <span class="cat-links"> 426 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">Magic News</a>, <a href="https://insidemagic.com/category/magician-feature/" rel="category tag">Magician Feature</a> </span> 427
428 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/31/houdini-a-case-study-in-trauma/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-31T02:24:50+00:00">October 31, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-31T16:56:28+00:00">October 31, 2024</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 429 430 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/31/houdini-a-case-study-in-trauma/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Houdini: A Case Study in Trauma</h1></a> 431 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 432 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 433</header><!-- .entry-header --> 434 <div class="entry-content"> 435 <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="2605" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/nurse-with-mask/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nurse-with-mask.gif?fit=250%2C184&ssl=1" data-orig-size="250,184" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Today&#8217;s Trauma Care Could Have Saved Houdini" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nurse-with-mask.gif?fit=250%2C184&ssl=1" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2605" style="margin: 5px; border: 2px solid black;" title="Today's Trauma Care Could Have Saved Houdini" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagiccom.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nurse-with-mask.gif?resize=250%2C184" alt="Today's Trauma Care Could Have Saved Houdini" width="250" height="184" />The May 21, 2009 on-line edition of the journal <a title="Inside Magic: Houdini's Care Reviewed by Trauma Nurse" href="http://lpn.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=200115"><em>Advance for LPNs</em></a> features Cynthia Blank Reid captivating review of the ultimately unsuccessful trauma treatment administered Harry Houdini.</p> 436<p>Ms. Reid approaches the Houdini case not as a magic historian or Houdini enthusiast. Her expertise is in medical miracles. She works as a trauma clinical nurse specialist in Philadelphia and her perspective is illuminating.</p> 437<p>She  gives a clinical evaluation of Houdini’s physical condition prior to his appendicitis.</p> 438<p>“Houdini was a relatively small man, standing 5’5″,” she writes.  “He kept himself in shape by swimming, running and doing acrobatics. His medical history was unremarkable until early October 1926, when a series of events would culminate in his death.”</p> 439<p>Houdini’s ability and willingness to perform through pain was evidenced when he broke a bone earlier in that fateful year.</p> 440<p>“Then, one night in 1926, while performing his famous Water Torture Cell escape, during which Houdini hung suspended upside-down in a chamber of water, ropes secured to his feet were jerked improperly, causing his ankle to break. Houdini refused medical care, insisting the show go on.”</p> 441<p>She recounts the slugging received from a McGill University student and his complaints of stomach pain later that evening.</p> 442<p>“The next day, Houdini, Bess and his assistants caught a late train and traveled 1,000 miles to begin shows in Detroit. While on the train, he experienced stomach pains so severe Bess telegraphed ahead to request a doctor meet them at the Statler Hotel.<br /> 443Unfortunately, the train was late and there was no time to go to the hotel, so everyone went directly to the old Garrick Theater to set up for the next show.</p> 444<p>“At the theater, Houdini, suffering from a 104º F fever, was diagnosed with acute appendicitis by Daniel Cohn, MD. He recommended emergency surgery.</p> 445<p>“Houdini refused and went on with the show, which started 30 minutes late. He collapsed after the first act, but was able to revive himself and continue with the rest of the show.</p> 446<p>“After the final act, he collapsed again and was taken to the hotel. This time, Dr. Cohn brought with him Charles S. Kennedy, MD, chief of surgery at Detroit’s Grace Hospital. He agreed Houdini needed an operation. Houdini then called his personal physician, William Stone, who was at home in New York.<br /> 447Only after the physicians consulted on the phone did Houdini agree to go to Grace Hospital.”</p> 448<p>Ms. Reid concludes that while Houdini died from peritonitis stemming from his ruptured appendix, there remain questions about the case.<br /> 449Seven days before he passed away, surgeons performed an appendectomy.</p> 450<p>The doctors “discovered his appendix was ruptured and gangrenous. He also was suffering from a fulminating streptococcal peritonitis. There were no antibiotics. Doctors told Bess his illness was fatal.</p> 451<p>While Houdini would rally slightly after a second operation five days later designed to remove some of the infection, it was short-lived.</p> 452<p>Ms. Reid suggests Houdini’s case is worth study for even modern professionals. She points out there are no reported cases of “an appendix being ruptured by blunt trauma. Could Houdini’s be the first?”</p> 453<p>
453If the slugging did not cause the rupture, could it still have had some role in the spread of the infection?</p> 454<p>“Is it possible an abscess had formed around his appendix? The abscess would have walled off the infection, but when he was struck in the abdomen, did it rupture?”  she suggests.</p> 455<p>“There are documented cases of appendix abscesses, and some of them have ruptured. Was Houdini already suffering from appendicitis when he received the blows to his abdomen? If so, did it cause him to delay seeking medical treatment for any discomfort until it was too late?”</p> 456<p>Ms. Reid believes that if Houdini presented the same symptoms in a modern trauma center today, the doctors would still operate on the magician. The surgery plus today’s antibiotics would have most certainly saved his life.</p> 457<p>Check out the on-line version of <a title="Inside Magic: Houdini's Death Could Have Been Avoided with Modern Trauma Care" href="http://lpn.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=200115"><em>LPN Advance</em> here</a>.</p> 458<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/31/houdini-a-case-study-in-trauma/" data-text="Houdini: A Case Study in Trauma" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/31/houdini-a-case-study-in-trauma/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-2604-6ab950354dabd' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=2604&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-2604-6ab950354dabd' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-2604-6ab950354dabd' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indefinite"/></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Loadingâ¦</span></span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> 459 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 460 461 <footer class="entry-footer"> 462 <div class="entry-footer-right"> 463 <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/31/houdini-a-case-study-in-trauma/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> 464 465 </div> 466 467 <span class="tags-links"> 468 Filed under: <a href="https://insidemagic.com/tag/houdini/" rel="tag">Houdini</a> </span> 469 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 470</article><!-- #post-## --> 471 472 473 <article id="post-32056" class="post-32056 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-magic-of-australia tag-the-magic-castle"> 474 475 476<div class="featured-image"> 477 <img width="377" height="281" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/f02416_530ca517057747ec893082ebda11c09amv2.webp?resize=377%2C281&ssl=1" class="attachment-dailymag-featured size-dailymag-featured wp-post-image" alt="Theatre of Magic Logo" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/f02416_530ca517057747ec893082ebda11c09amv2.webp?w=377&ssl=1 377w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/f02416_530ca517057747ec893082ebda11c09amv2.webp?resize=300%2C224&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/f02416_530ca517057747ec893082ebda11c09amv2.webp?resize=150%2C112&
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496o, we canât be thrown for more than a bit in real life.   We figured it out â with using Google â that by âmagic on the fieldâ it meant sports; not that the magicians perform in an open field. We think thatâs what it means.</p> 497<p>The promotional piece is celebrating the twelfth month of residency for the phenomenal up-close magic show, THEATRE OF MAGIC. Starring Misters Wayne, Norbido and Domann, is #1 on Trip Advisor for theatre events in South East Queensland.</p> 498<p>The cool part â in addition to being the number one theatre event on Trip Advisor â is their location within Brisbane. They have a theatre dedicated to magic called, appropriately, <em>Theatre of Magic</em>. The location is the brainchild of Mr. Wayne. He was co-creator of the biggest Australian magic show in history, <em>The Naked Magicians</em>, as well as creator of the family magic spectacular <em>Showmen</em>.</p> 499<p>âChristopher is joined on stage by two fellow magic-makers in the acclaimed card-master Josh Norbido, who consults card magic in films including “Oceans 9” and “Poker Face”, and Kerry âNigelâ Domann, an exceptional entertainer who has captivated audiences around the world with his unique blend of magic, comedy, charm and memory (he can remember 40 names off just a handshake).â</p> 500<p>The memory talent is remarkable. We canât even recall our own name if we shake enough hands.</p> 501<p>In celebration of their twelve-month anniversary, the show has moved to a new home â The Library Theatre at Rydges Fortitude Valley â with two shows staged every weekend.</p> 502<p>âBrisbane has nothing like this.  It has never had anything like this.  We have found a way to bring the worldâs best magic to audiences in an intimate setting, and the show just gets better and better. We have welcomed some of the worldâs best magicians from across Australia & the world already including Australiaâs own Magic Mike from Melbourne.â The show has earned praise from the incredible award-winning US magician, Michael Ammar.â</p> 503<p>By the way, any card sleight you see us perform at the Magic Castle was taught by either Daryl or Mr. Ammar. The fact that you can see us do the sleight proves, however, that we didnât learn it well enough to do in a show but thatâs our fault, not the teachers.</p> 504<p>The new theatre is meant to give <a href="https://www.magiccastle.com/">Magic Castle</a> vibes. Mr. Wayne noted, âwhen Brisbane entertainers get big, they move down south or overseas – we are bringing the best magic in the world to Brisbaneâs front door.â</p> 505<p>Check out <a href="https://vimeo.com/870226469?share=copy">their video here</a>.<em>  </em></p> 506<p>And see their <a href="https://www.theatreofmagic.com.au/">website here</a>.</p> 507<p>Best of all, check out <a href="https://newshub.medianet.com.au/2024/10/abraca-brisbane-the-city-loves-the-magic/70428/">the article from which we learned this great news</a> and have read up on some great lists and interviews with the three gentlemen.</p> 508<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/10/magicians-from-down-under-on-top/" data-text="Magicians from Down-Under on Top" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2024/10/10/magicians-from-down-under-on-top/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-32056-6ab9503551d3e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=32056&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-32056-6ab9503551d3e' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-32056-6ab9503551d3e' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indef
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class="entry-header"> 532 <div class="entry-header-row"> 533 <div class="entry-header-column"> 534 <div class="entry-meta"> 535 <span class="cat-links"> 536 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">Magic News</a> </span> 537 538 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-06-12T18:07:58+00:00">June 12, 2023</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 539 540 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Will Chat GPT Destroy Magic?</h1></a> 541 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 542 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 543</header><!-- .entry-header --> 544 <div class="entry-content"> 545 <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4248" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/woman-computer-vintage/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/woman-computer-vintage.jpg?fit=400%2C311&ssl=1" data-orig-size="400,311" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Computers from Pre-AI Days" data-image-description="<p>Computer from Pre-AI Days</p> 546" data-image-caption="<p>Non-AI Computer</p> 547" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/woman-computer-vintage.jpg?fit=400%2C311&ssl=1" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4248" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/woman-computer-vintage.jpg?resize=400%2C311&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="311" />[The following was written in part by an AI algorithm. We have removed the cuss words.]</p> 548<p>As many of our loyal followers know, we embraced the AI movement years ago and most of our articles are generated solely by intelligent software. In the early years, we would mail our story ideas to a person with a computer and that person would photocopy the letter and push it into a slot on their desktop computer. Within minutes, the computer would print out a perfectly edited and crafted article, fit for instant publication. We think that is how it worked. We didnât know the person or see the process but he or she would send us the articles by first class mail within weeks of our submission.</p> 549<p>The 1980s and early 1990s were a heyday for magic-oriented computer generated article copy. We rented time on a Cray Supercomputer and typed in our story idea. Within seconds, we had a fully fledged (as opposed to the occasional âpartially-fledgedâ articles from the postal version provided) story with an image to post. Yes, Cray Supercomputer time was expensive (about $1,700 per five minutes of computing time, accounting for inflation), but it was well worth the money. The Cray Supercomputer could scan hundreds of pieces of data quickly and assemble something worth posting to this site.</p> 550<p>Readers may be surprised that these stories were computer generated: âMagic Things,â âThings Like Magic,â âStop Magic Doing,â âArea Codes of Famous Magicians,â âThe Cherry Orchard,â âCup in Ball,â âWhat Smells?â âWand Magic,â âDonât Type So Hard,â and of course our Pulitzer Prize Nominated (by us) exp
550ose on the vast Rough and Smooth industries practices, âNot Smooth, Rough.â</p> 551<p>Yes, the AI process has developed by leaps and bounds â or at least âleapsâ â and it is clear it will eventually take over humanity and humans will need to comply with its commands and whims, struggle is futile. But the real question for us is does AI expose secrets of magic?</p> 552<p>We entered into Chat GPT the names of some classic magic tricks and asked how to perform them. While the response generated was written well, the substance of the answer was terrible. Not just terrible, but misleading and possibly dangerous.</p> 553<p>We asked, âHow do they do that thing?â and it gave us a nonsense response about not understanding our request.</p> 554<p>We asked, âHow do they do that <em>magic </em>thing?â and it said magic is fictional and accomplished by trained performers.</p> 555<p style="padding-left: 120px;">In reality, magic tricks and illusions are performed by skilled magicians or illusionists who have mastered various techniques to create the appearance of magic. These techniques may involve misdirection, sleight of hand, optical illusions, and the use of props or special devices. By manipulating the audience’s perception and using clever techniques, magicians can create seemingly impossible or mysterious effects.</p> 556<p>Useless. It completely omitted a magicianâs keen sense of smell and soft pads on his or her feet. There was nothing about the magicianâs whiskers being used to determine the width of an opening or ability to see in the dark.</p> 557<p>Until computers can mimic the human shoulder, there is little to worry about. Peoples will always be able to lift heavy objects even if they are not magic.</p> 558<p>Finally, there is much we donât know about AI and we should not look into it too closely. It would be like looking into the sun or flying too close to the sun.</p> 559<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/" data-text="Will Chat GPT Destroy Magic?" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-29818-6ab9503553d83' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=29818&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-29818-6ab9503553d83' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-29818-6ab9503553d83' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indefinite"/></path></svg><span class="screen-reader-text">Loadingâ¦</span></span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> 560 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 561 562 <footer class="entry-footer"> 563 <div class="entry-footer-right"> 564 <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2023/06/12/will-chat-gpt-destroy-magic/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> 565 566 </div> 567 568 <span class="tags-links"> 569 Filed under: <a href="https://insidemagic.com/tag/ai/" rel="tag">AI</a>, <a href="https://insidemagic.com/tag/chat-gpt/" rel="tag">Chat GPT</a> </span> 570 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 571</article><!-- #post-## --> 572 573 574 <article id="post-29472" class="post-29472 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> 575 576 577 578 <header class="entry-header"> 579 <div class="entry-header-row"> 580 <div class="entry-header-column"> 581 <div class="entry-meta"> 582 <span class="cat-links"> 583 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">Magic News</a> </span> 584
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619 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/11/22/finally-a-new-deck-of-cards-we-will-buy/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-11-22T19:59:49+00:00">November 22, 2019</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-11-22T20:20:48+00:00">November 22, 2019</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 620 621 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/11/22/finally-a-new-deck-of-cards-we-will-buy/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Finally a New Deck of Cards We Will Buy</h1></a> 622 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 623 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 624</header><!-- .entry-header --> 625 <div class="entry-content"> 626 <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8955" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/2019/11/22/finally-a-new-deck-of-cards-we-will-buy/purple-monarch-07868_2000x1024/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?fit=1461%2C974&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1461,974" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1573145732","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?fit=845%2C564&ssl=1" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8955" src="https://i1.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?ssl=1&w=240" alt="Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg" width="240" height="160" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?w=1461&ssl=1 1461w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Purple-Monarch-07868_2000x1024.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" />Let us get it out of the way at the start. We receive no endorsement, promise, compensation or promise of compensation (including a free deck of the cards we are about to describe). We will be buying the <a href="https://store.theory11.com/products/purple-monarch?">Purple Monarch deck from Theory 11</a> is our bottom line.</p> 627<p>With those preliminaries out of the way, thus meeting the FTC guidelines for influencers (can be found <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/press-releases/ftc-publishes-final-guides-governing-endorsements-testimonials/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf">here</a>), we have long said that we did not understand the hysteria our profession has suffered from the release of custom made cards. We have been using our Bee (blue) decks since we were <em>in utero</em> and have attached a sonogram showing our nascent work on the Charlier Cut in previous posts. But those efforts were always with a Bee (blue) deck — although slightly smaller than poker size for our only then evolving little hands.</p> 628<p>Our mother would complain to her OB/GYN that it wasn’t so much the kicking that bothered her during our pregnancy, but the sharp edge of the cards being dropped in her innards during the last trimester (we don’t know what that would be in metric) of her pregnancy with us.</p> 629<p>As we grew into what some have described as a young man, we continued to use the poker-sized Bee deck in both red and blue (we were wild as a teen and young adult and frequently lived on the edge as evidenced by our several chain escapes in neighbors’ pools and challenges to schoolmates to tie us up with 100 feet of rope). Fortunately, our parents understood this was normal for a young man obsessed with Houdini. They wouldn’t buy the rope or chains for us so we had to use our show money to buy them and then boxes and boxes of red and blue Bee decks.</p> 630<p>Yes, we went the way of the devil on occasion and would try Aviators (because they were cheaper and usually gimmicked) or Fox Lake (same as Aviators but with better gimmicking) or even a set of bridge-sized Hello Kitty cards. But we always returned to Bee (now only blue) decks.</p> 631<p>The motivation was simple. Bee decks have no borders and possess what some could consider a busy back. 86 percent of our card rout
631ine involves second dealing. The entire middle section (which seems to take about 90 minutes to most audiences) is all second deals.</p> 632<p>There are trade-offs, of course. Our double lift is suspect and our performance of Dai Vernon’s Triumph can be easily ruined with the boardless cards. We do the double lift on an off-beat and never do Triumph anymore.</p> 633<p>But the point of this post was not what we did but what we will do.</p> 634<p><a href="https://store.theory11.com/products/purple-monarch?">Theory 11</a> is advertising a new deck of cards called the <a href="https://store.theory11.com/products/purple-monarch?">Purple Monarch deck</a>. It is beautiful and could convince us to move from security provided by one of the several gross packages of Bee (blue) decks to a new deck. We will order one or two or three from Theory 11 and do a review if we like them. It is Inside Magic’s policy to never do a review of something we don’t like.  We don’t want to add negativity into our art and we were scandalized in the late 1980s with a negative (with positive points) about a card sword that we described as “it looks neither like a sword or a card sword. A swashbuckler would not buy or steal this object for a sword fight and a magician would have no need to use it to stab cards or even himself in disgust for paying over $50 dollars for an aluminum pipe and a wood handle roughly cut and unfit for the hands of anyone other than a giant or two very normal-sized men working together.”</p> 635<p>The sword manufacturer was very distressed by this review and we felt badly. We tried to make it up by retracting the story (that’s why it’s no longer on the site) but that wasn’t enough. We saw him at the IBM convention in Orlando and he ignored us. We cried and overspent at his booth. But the damage was done. Never again.</p> 636<p>You can view the Monarch deck <a href="https://store.theory11.com/products/purple-monarch?">here</a>. You can even tell them Inside Magic sent you but remember, we receive nada for the link or the puff. Let us know if you agree that it is a deck about which one could be very excited.</p> 637<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2019/11/22/finally-a-new-deck-of-cards-we-will-buy/" data-text="Finally a New Deck of Cards We Will Buy" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/11/22/finally-a-new-deck-of-cards-we-will-buy/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-8945-6ab95035580d7' 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666 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/10/30/magic-and-law-can-you-copyright-a-trick/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-10-30T11:36:27+00:00">October 30, 2019</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-10-30T17:58:49+00:00">October 30, 2019</time></a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 667 668 <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/10/30/magic-and-law-can-you-copyright-a-trick/" rel="permalink"><h1 class="entry-title">Magic and Law: Can You Copyright a Trick?</h1></a> 669 </div><!-- .entry-header-column --> 670 </div><!-- .entry-header-row --> 671</header><!-- .entry-header --> 672 <div class="entry-content"> 673 <p><figure id="attachment_2316" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2316" style="width: 166px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="2316" data-permalink="https://insidemagic.com/secret/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/secret.jpg?fit=166%2C250&ssl=1" data-orig-size="166,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Blaine&#8217;s Fame is Apparently a Secret" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Our Secret</p> 674" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/secret.jpg?fit=166%2C250&ssl=1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2316" src="https://i0.wp.com/insidemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/secret.jpg?resize=166%2C250&ssl=1" alt="Blaine's Fame is Apparently a Secret" width="166" height="250" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2316" class="wp-caption-text">Our Secret</figcaption></figure></p> 675<p>No.</p> 676<p>It is a short answer and gets us out of writing a big, long-winded piece on the legalities but perhaps inadequate.</p> 677<p>We are not alone in our opinion. We direct you to a great article by great <a title="Attorney and Magician Guy Holllingworth on the BBC" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7722521.stm"> Magician and Lawyer Guy Hollingworth</a> from 2008 about an art designed to avoid laws of nature.</p> 678<p>It is comforting to see that the country from which we have derived the greater part of our legal system, has not backslid into the easy but philosophically unsound world where an idea can be protected. The United Kingdom wants to encourage innovation but draws understands it must draw the line somewhere.</p> 679<p>In the case of magic tricks, one can patent the method to perform the effect or even copyright the patter used to describe and deceive; but one may not protect the idea behind the trick itself.</p> 680<p>For instance, the secret behind our now-classic <em>Marked One-Way Forcing Deck</em> can be stolen by just about anyone. Of course, some print critics of our invention have suggested “[w]hy would anyone want to steal the idea of a One-Way Forcing Deck that is marked as well?” Regardless, it is not being knocked-off or copied by folks looking to cash in on our genius. We like to think that is because our brothers and sisters in Magic are ethical folk.</p> 681<p>By the way, we will soon announce the follow-up to the <em>Marked One-Way Forcing Deck</em>, <em>The Inside Magic Marked Billiard Balls</em>. No longer will you have to guess about the location of any particular billiard ball whilst you make them appear or disappear.</p> 682<p> <a href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/10/30/magic-and-law-can-you-copyright-a-trick/#more-2315" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Magic and Law: Can You Copyright a Trick?”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> 683<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2019/10/30/magic-and-law-can-you-copyright-a-trick/" data-text="Magic and Law: Can You Copyright a Trick?" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/10/30/magic-and-law-can-you-copyright-a-trick/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-2315-6ab950355a1d2' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=2315&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-2315-6ab950355a1d2' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-2315-6ab950355a1d2' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indef
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but to practice the art, learn the rules of being a magician and have fun.</p> 723<p>We work in a wonderful art. People genuinely love to be entertained and fooled and corn dogs.</p> 724<p>We provide two out of the three and the more we do it, the more entertaining it becomes for us and our audience.</p> 725<p>We wonder how the younger generation learns about our grand history. Perhaps there are still meetings over an occasional corn dog where mustard-stained young performers can hear stories of Willard the Wizard, Thurston, Houdini, Kellar, Dante and our favorite, Harry Blackstone, Jr.</p> 726<p>Although the image is not of Harry Blackstone, Jr. or any deep-fried hot dog, we think the poster used by Kellar displaying his âlatestâ illusion of âself-decapitationâ is illustrative of our wonderful history. No one â at least no one we have seen in the last 20-years has performed âself-decapitationâ and even decapitation of others has fallen into disfavor (correctly in our humble opinion) due to world events. But his poster was drawn in sketch form, colored in, placed on lithographic machinery and literally inked with several different passes â one for each color â leaving a space to make the poster applicable to the town or setting where Kellar would soon perform. How wonderful.</p> 727<p>You can find wonderful posters of magicians and non-magicians throughout history at the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/var.1895/">Library of Congress</a> for your viewing and enjoyment. We hope you do.</p> 728<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2019/09/20/magicians-history-and-corn-dogs/" data-text="Magicians, History and Corn Dogs" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/09/20/magicians-history-and-corn-dogs/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-7774-6ab950355c136' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=7774&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-7774-6ab950355c136' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-7774-6ab950355c136' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indef
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766he-implanted-26-microchips-and-magnets-in-her-body/">here</a>.</p> 767<p>Where other biohackers were presenting their latest findings with PowerPoint, Mrs. Synn actually pushed the point of a long needle through her forearm. On purpose.</p> 768<p>Although magic is her thing, she is also a designer of implants for others.</p> 769<p>She describes herself as a cyborg and by that means âanyone that wants to add technology or anything that isnât already in their body to their body to achieve a new sense or a new ability.â</p> 770<p>We had an uncle who got an extra spleen even though he did not need one â his God-given spleen was working fine by all accounts â but he felt it gave him super powers over sugar. It wasnât until weeks later that he learned that the pancreas was the sugar processor and not the spleen. He processes old red blood cells like a champ but thatâs not really a super power â except to red blood cells that have reached their âbest used by date.â To them, his double spleen is like a Marvel character.</p> 771<p>At the time of the interview in Stat News, Mrs. Synn had 26 implants but was getting two more in the next day and was shooting for an even (in non-Euclidian geometry theory) 35.</p> 772<p>âIâm a magician, so I use them in my magic act. And I also use them in my day-to-day life â to unlock my door at home, or to let my cat speak. I know that sounds crazy, but my catâs upgraded even, so I can scan him, and he will tell his story about how I found him behind a grocery store. I love my cat.â</p> 773<p>Mrs. Synn was very careful to not reveal magic secrets in her interview.</p> 774<p>âI canât go into too much detail about how the implants are used in magic, but thereâs multiple ways that they can be used and even more ways they can be designed to be used.â</p> 775<p>She notes that the implantation of magnets and devices into the human body is not literally sanctioned by the medical community. They are coated but even the coating is not medically sanctioned. She checks her body, blood levels, liver enzymes and kidney function every three months.</p> 776<p>Go to <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2019/09/06/a-cyborg-magician-explains-why-she-implanted-26-microchips-and-magnets-in-her-body/">Stat News</a> for the full low down on how she has implanted more than half of the devices herself and her experience with the TSA.</p> 777<p>It is an amazing story but we are still afeared of implanting anything in our body. We wonât even eat sharp cheese.</p> 778<p>Visit Mrs. Synnâs website <a href="https://synnister.com/who-is-anastasia-synn/">here</a> for pictures and a biography of her amazing work.</p> 779<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://insidemagic.com/2019/09/18/anastasia-synn-magician-and-cyborg/" data-text="Anastasia Synn - Magician and Cyborg" data-via="insidemagic" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://insidemagic.com/2019/09/18/anastasia-synn-magician-and-cyborg/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-156564777-8622-6ab950355e38d' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/?ver=16.3-a.3#blog_id=156564777&post_id=8622&origin=insidemagic.com&obj_id=156564777-8622-6ab950355e38d' data-name='like-post-frame-156564777-8622-6ab950355e38d' data-title='Like or Reblog'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading"><svg class="jetpack-spinner" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="46" fill="none" stroke="#ddd" stroke-width="8"/><path d="M 50 4 A 46 46 0 0 1 96 50" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="8" stroke-linecap="round"><animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="rotate" dur="1.4s" from="0 50 50" to="360 50 50" repeatCount="indef
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