A lot of people make the argument that "he's only revealing old tricks and it promotes magicians to come up with new stuff" Which I also disagree with as many tricks, sleights, and methods that are still used today, have been around since the 20s. One good thing that has come out of the Masked Magician for me personally though. I'll be able to figure this out" before I do the trick. Of course they weren't able to because I don't regularly perform tricks that were revealed on that show but they kinda trick themselves into thinking they know how it's done before the trick so they look in all the wrong places.
Anyway, I have no idea if what I said made any sense. This post was basically just to hear what you guys have to say on the topic. Hopefully someone understands what I'm saying here and can put their thoughts much more eloquently than I can. Reactions: ParkinT. Sep 14, 3, 43 Louisville, OH. I cannot say I agree or disagree with the masked magician TV specials. Did they serve a purpose? Did they get many more people to watch a TV special that normally may not have? Did it create enjoyment and satisfaction for viewers and maybe even spark some new interest into magic?
I'm not saying it was right or wrong to expose effects, but he did do what he intended to do and followed through. It's almost like the old theory of even "bad" publicity is publicity. Reactions: Brett Hurley and Antonio Diavolo. RealityOne Elite Member. Nov 1, 3, 3, New Jersey. Watching the show a couple of times, I realized that his performance style was so bad that nobody would watch him if he wasn't revealing the secrets well maybe to see his scantily clad assistants -- Fitzke would be proud.
Reactions: ncaron , Lord Magic , Antonio Diavolo and 1 other person. Josh Burch Elite Member. Aug 11, 2, 1, Utah. The specials were overwhelmingly negative in my view. A focus on the methods rather than style or emotion, poor performances overall and the pesky tendency to continue to reveal the magic long after the specials are over.
He continues to do damage. Antonio Diavolo said:. Click to expand Maaz Hasan. Jan 26, 2, 1, 20 Virginia. I honestly never watched a full one. As a kid, I was obsessed with magic, but I thought - "What good would learning how to vanish an Elephant get me? If anything, I just wont like it when people vanish elephants for me! Not to mention that when I first saw one of his specials a re run when I was 4 , I tuned in as he was doing a knife through tounge Freaked me out.
However, Val did it to "reinvigorate the love of magic" which he most certainly did though I think the David Blaine approach would've had less controversy. I do not think it was too much of a problem for modern magicians, as we all do a ton of card magic now, and stage magicians were hurt the most.
Further more, a ton of tricks he did were old tricks no one is going to do now. If you tune your performance correctly, no one will be able to realize the trick you did was the same one somebody did on tv 20 years ago. Not to mention the fact that no laymen besides a creepy enthusiast is going to watch and be obsessed with Mr.
M to the point where if he did see a trick performed, he would instantly remember and blurt it out. It really has not had a negative effect on us Magicians around and beyond, probably no one after If anything, it was indeed a positive effect.
Yes, It was wrong of him to expose the tricks, but magic is forever changing, which is why it has been around since pre-history as a form of entertainment, and will continue to do so. The fact that magic can adapt is what sets it apart. The ability for magic to be personalized by each and every magician is what has given it the ability to adapt to several cultural aspects. This in turn is what has kept magic as a mainstay form of entertainment, and what will keep it going as its own part of culture.
Trust me, Those last 2 sentences are from a 15 page-double-spaced-times-new-romanpoint final history essay I wrote on the topic of the cultural effects of magic. I have done my research Reactions: Antonio Diavolo and Brett Hurley. Josh Burch said:. Many of the effects that he exposed were currently being performed by magicians. I was a 10 year old kid when they came on and I could recognize effects that had been on various other magic specials. Much of the magic he performed was common in other magicians acts, be it on the strip or cruise ships or otherwise.
Some of the magic was brand new as well with its creation being in the 's's. Valentino's first foray into magic was at the age of five with a trick called "the ball and vase" that his father gave him. In his teens, Valentino performed with the "International Cultural Awareness Program" for over a million students throughout the Unified School Systems. The performances also included revealing magic secrets to encourage others to become magicians.
For a span of two years — , Valentino performed, unbilled and disguised, as the "Masked Magician" in four Fox Network television specials called Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed which exposed long-guarded trade secrets. Valentino had been approached by Fox while he was performing in Las Vegas showrooms. After some negotiation , Valentino signed to do the program, promising that he would reveal the secrets behind old illusions only. At the end of the fourth and final special, Valentino revealed his true identity, although some in the magic community had already deduced it from the previous specials after recognizing certain traits of his performance.
After revealing himself, Valentino emphasized that he felt that revealing the secrets would encourage children into trying magic instead of discouraging them, and that the entertainment of magic shows was more in the magician 's showmanship instead of the wonder of how the trick was pulled off. Criticism was levelled at Valentino by magicians for adversely affecting their acts.
Kevin Spencer, a touring magician based in Lynchburg, Virginia who performs with his wife , Cindy, says the specials forced the duo to scrap two of their tricks. Spencer stated, "We're disappointed that someone who made his living performing the art of magic for over 25 years would be so quick to betray their community.
Another lawsuit was brought by magician Andre Kole , who unsuccessfully tried to prevent Fox from airing a special featuring the secret behind the Table of Death , an illusion Kole says he perfected. Kole's attorney, David Baram, conceded the inherent difficulty in suing over the loss of a magic trick, since illusions are not among the intellectual properties covered by copyright law , but stated, "Magicians and designers of magic tricks haven't had to take those steps.
MyNetworkTV bought thirteen new episodes for broadcast in the U. They were shot at a secret location somewhere in the U.
The assistants learned the illusion the same day they shot it and filmed four to six illusions per day. There is an Australian version of the show that first aired at Monday, June 14, on Network Seven and has changed to Sundays at on 7Two. This is the same show as the US version with some minor changes. This show also began to air on Australian pay television network Fox8 on Wednesday September 21, This version is a duplicate of the American version.
Since the first run of the series, the shows have been rerun many times on Sundays on Channel 7. The latest repeat dated Sunday August 19,
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