Too many things going on to remember to blog...ugh. Blame building guitars for this one.
In thinking about the Prestige, the concept of the reality of magic really comes out.. seeing the little smashed bird really spells it out for us; I was intrigued by the small boy who understood exactly what happened each time the bird act was performed. This made me think of the inside/outside views of the magic show. To the magician, the trick is nothing more than growing small birds and figuring out how to reproduce one out of your sleeve, but to most of the people in the audience it is seemingly the same bird. Does the fact that these views are different make them conflicting, even though the audience has limited knowledge? The concept of truth comes in here as well.. can the truth be known from a limited knowledge standpoint, or is the truth that is taken to be truth from that standpoint just as valid as what actually happens? Confusing..
In thinking about the Prestige, the concept of the reality of magic really comes out.. seeing the little smashed bird really spells it out for us; I was intrigued by the small boy who understood exactly what happened each time the bird act was performed. This made me think of the inside/outside views of the magic show. To the magician, the trick is nothing more than growing small birds and figuring out how to reproduce one out of your sleeve, but to most of the people in the audience it is seemingly the same bird. Does the fact that these views are different make them conflicting, even though the audience has limited knowledge? The concept of truth comes in here as well.. can the truth be known from a limited knowledge standpoint, or is the truth that is taken to be truth from that standpoint just as valid as what actually happens? Confusing..
posted by Brett Boote at 8:48 PM
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Magic is all about deception. How you can deceive others and if they let themselves become deceived, because that is the audience is saying “please deceive me with some neat tricks.” The knowledge that passes through the show is all “white lies.” They are lies told to make people happy even though it is not true. No true knowledge can be gained this way. For people to understand what is happening is to know both sides. With limited knowledge only a half or partial truth is discovered, but people who go to magic shows wish more to be entertained than to know the truth. Once they know how the trick is done there is no excitement or mystery left. These kinds of deception are acceptable and applaud on. Truth is knowing both the good, bad, and ugly sides and be willing to accept them
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