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Myths about Magicians
3 myths about magicians
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Misconceptions about what it means to be a magician
It’s 2022 and we’re all barraged with information in the form of books, tutorials, and videos. I’ve been a professional magician for about 20 years now, and I’m gonna tell you what I wish I knew when I was starting out as an aspiring magician.
There are several myths about what it means to be a
magician
. Let’s get those out of the way.
Myths about being a magician

Myth 1: chicks dig a magician
Contrary to popular opinion (among guys at least), most attractive girls don’t wake up from a dream of a cool guy whoshowed her an amazing card trick. She doesn’t hope that an edgy street magician will one day sweep her off her feet, nor does she fantasize about magicians. “But what about Criss Angel? What about David Blaine?” True, girls dig Criss Angel and
David Blaine
(and David Copperfield in his era).
But that’s because they are attractive celebrities—not because they are
magicians
. There are better

magicians

than David Blaine and certainly better

magicians

than Criss Angel.

Consider David Copperfield or Michael Ammar or Lennart Green..

These magicians have more talent in their little fingers than Criss Angel has in his entire chiseled body. But you don’t see a host of hot girls screaming Ammar’s or Lennart’s name. It’s physical attractiveness and celebrity—not amazing magic. Lennart has neither attractiveness (not only physical attractiveness but his manner—he’snot “cool,” same with Ammar) nor celebrity (outside the magic fraternity). They are more corny than edgy. On multiple occasions I’ve performed for a guy or a couple guys, and the remarks were, “Oh my god, dude, that is a panty-dropper,” or simply, “You must get so much p***y.” Even Jay Leno, when seeing a card trick from a magician on his show, said words to that effect, “You must clean up in the bars.”

Girls love magic. They don’t love magicians

(unless you’re a hot magician with good game…and celebrity helps). A magic trick amazes or amuses, but does not arouse or intrigue a girl. At best it can charm her if you handle it right. But you know as well as I that the same trick can be charming in one man’s hands and off-putting in another’s hands.

Myth 2: if you can do David Blaine’s tricks, you can be successful like David Blaine

By the year 2000, I could do all of David Blaine’s tricks. Indeed, they got outstanding reactions. But if you can master all of Blaine’s tricks, and all of Criss Angel’s tricks (well, not his

tricks, he’s got a team of a dozen magicians coming up with the innovative ideas), that

still

makes you a second-rate David Blaine or a second-rate Criss Angel. Don’t get me wrong, they’re great for breaking the ice in high-school, but they won’t make you a national celebrity or even a celebrity in your own city. Neither David Blaine nor Criss Angel got famous because of their magic tricks—name almost any trick either have done and it had been done decades earlier by previous magicians. It was the presentation, the style, the persona and the showmanship or lack of showmanship (yes, David Blaine had no showmanship and Criss Angel has poor showmanship…and that

brand

made them

stand out

among the sea of magicians), and a huge budget and network supporting them and blasting them across the nation. Once you’ve mastered the t

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