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So anyway, after hearing my friend's comments I began to get interested in how other regular people (non-magicians) would view some magicians that you and I might be very familiar with, but who they have probably never even heard of.
So over the course of the next few weeks I showed some performances of a few different magicians to some friends of mine. I didn't make them sit through a whole DVD I just showed them a couple effects for each performer. It was interesting (and somewhat surprising) and I plan on doing some more of these.
David Regal:
All found him "enjoyable." Some said he was "sweet." One said he was "the best." Meaning, he does the best magic? "No, he seems the most normal." Although watching a couple of effects on his DVDs left some wondering, "Who are these people," (referring to L&L's audience).
Darwin Ortiz:
critiques were widely mixed for this magician. Well many believed he "seems to know what he's doing." And one found him to be "incredible," a female said he was "boring." When I told her she was living up to the stereotype of women not liking card tricks she said that Ortiz was "living up to the stereotype of magicians being boring."
Eugene Burger:
While most people found the magic to be "fine," and one considered him "charmingly effeminate," the overwhelming opinion was that he was "ridiculously condescending." One viewer commented, "I know I'm not retarded, but he made me feel like maybe I am retarded."
A nous de tenter l'expérience ? Si on montrait certains extraits de nos "maîtres" à des moldus / famille, etc... qu'en penseraient-ils ?