--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > Thanks, Lawson, very interesting stuff. I learned > > > something new. > > > > > > > If you want to see what a REAL contact juggler looks like, check > this > > guy out. He pretty much perfected the art. He and Penn Jillette of > > Penn & Teller were street magicians back when they were kids: > > > > http://www.michaelmoschen.com/press.html > > Aah, all his videos are Macromedia Flash, which I haven't > installed. Later, maybe. >
I'll see if I can find some QT movies or av's. He's quite a sight. PBS used to use one of his videos for fund-raising I think. > > If you want the background to the parody video, here's the original > > webiste: > > > > http://www.jasongarfield.com/pennradio.html > > > > Personally, I think he's a bit harsh in his evaluation of Chris > > Bliss, but given the difference between 5-ball juggling, and 3-ball > > juggling, I can understand the frustration with everyone oohing > > over the three-ball routine and ignoring the top jugglers who have > > spent decades working on the craft. > > He's quite the crusader, isn't he? He's more than a bit arrogant, I agree. He's also the world champion from 2004, which is more than a bit impressive. > > I have the sense that he may be missing what it is > about juggling that thrills the audience. It's that > you can't believe what you're seeing. The thing is, > there aren't any *gradations* beyond that. It's > either, Oh, I could do that if I worked at it, or, > Oh, my God, that's *impossible*, *nobody* can do > what he's doing! > > And once you get beyond the "I could do that" level > to the "Nobody can do that" level, the layperson > isn't going to be any more impressed by the world's > best juggler than by Chris Bliss. That's as impressed > as s/he can *get*. > > If Chris Bliss were swaggering around claiming to be > the world's best juggler, that would warrant Garfield's > scorn, but if he isn't, tough beans. World-class > jugglers need to realize they're only working to impress > other jugglers. It's just the nature of the beast. > > Or so it seems to me. > I think you're right. In _Stranger in a Strange Land_, Valentine Michael puts on a REAL magic show in a carnival, but everyone yawns because he doesnt know how to relate to the audience. I once saw Doug Henning use a $50 magic trick and wow an audience for 15 minutes with his patter at one of the World Peace Assemblies. The difference between a showman and an "artiste" I guess though Doug was an artiste also. 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/
