--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Misdirection is how close-up magic is done. (Unless, > > of course, one is doing *real* magic.) People who are > > really good at it are really good at it because they're > > really good at the misdirection--so good you can't pick > > it out even when you're looking for it. > > Doug Henning performed in the auditorium of Fairfield > High School in 1986. In one trick, he brought an > audience member on stage and disappeared a series > of tissues right before her eyes. > > Henning had his audience member sit in a chair, facing > the audience. He put a box of facial tissues on the stage > in front of her. He pulled out a tissue and held it in front > of her face before scrunching it in his hand. When he > opened his hand the tissue was gone. He did this with > one tissue after another. He seemed to make them > disappear with a flick of his wrist. We in the audience > were howling because we could see how he did it. > > Henning tossed the tissue behind the subject when he > flicked his wrist. He released it just beyond her > peripheral vision. So we in the audience watched > the amazement grow on her face as the pile of > tissues grew on the stage behind her. It was > simple, and masterful.
To the subject, the experience of the disappearing Kleenex was "real". I wonder if that is how she would describe the experience. > > For a fun read and simple tricks you can do to > amaze your friends, pick up the Klutz book of > magic. It's witty and clever and shows how much > skill goes into misdirecting an audience. > > - Patrick Gillam To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
