Just finished a fun show at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville. Magicians Daniel Martin, CJ Johnson, Gus Davis, Brian Brushwood and I took a break from the national NACA convention in town and each did a short set in the hospital theater. I think I can speak for all of us and say that we had an absolute blast. Thanks for having us.
I did an interview with the Washburn University Review after the show and they were good enough to send me the link to the article. Here’s an excerpt:
“I feel like a lot of magicians see it as their job to deceive the audience. Their whole thing is to put something over on them and convince them that the magician has magic powers. I think ultimately that makes for a show that is easily forgettable and not very entertaining, because the audience knows deep-down that the magician doesn’t have magic powers. So there is this sort of incongruity in the room during the magic show in that the magician is pretending to do supernatural things and the audience is sort of suspending their disbelief but deep-down they know that it’s all tricks and they have to convince themselves that in itself was entertaining. I think it’s a lot more interesting to treat the show as fiction. No one cares Holden Caulfield isn’t a real person, in the book Catcher in the Rye. That’s not the point. They don’t go bang on [J.D.] Salinger’s door saying ‘you’re a fraud, you’re a cheat, it’s not real.’ That’s not the point. He’s using this thing that he dreamed up this character or this scenario to communicate something that he wants to communicate. That’s what magicians are doing. Or at least that’s what I’m trying to do.”
To read the rest of the interview and see the video interview, check out their site here.
I’m currently on my way to Monroe, Louisiana where I kick off the fall tour tomorrow night. This first week is ridiculous… six college shows in seven days, starting in Louisiana and ending in New York. Next week is ridiculous as well… seven college shows in eight days, starting in Wyoming and ending in Boston. What a strange way to make a living.
Be sure to check out the fall tour schedule. If I’m coming through your area you should stop by and see a show.
I’ve got a video camera, a Canon digital Elph, and a laptop: stay tuned for updates. More soon. -NS
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