Magician, actor or what?

Mark · 02-23-2012, 12:38 PM

"A conjuror is not a juggler; he is an actor playing the part of a magician, an artist whose fingers have more need to move with deftness than with speed."

It's a question whether Houdin actually tried to describe what a conjuror is, or whether he wanted to make a clear difference between conjurors and jugglers/flourishers. As for the latter one, it would of course be way more valid than for the first one.

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02-23-2012, 12:38 PM	#1
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	"A conjuror is not a juggler; he is an actor playing the part of a magician, an artist whose fingers have more need to move with deftness than with speed." It's a question whether Houdin actually tried to describe what a conjuror is, or whether he wanted to make a clear difference between conjurors and jugglers/flourishers. As for the latter one, it would of course be way more valid than for the first one.