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To speak to your two examples I will say that with pro wrestling, it's still physically demanding and impressive. More so impressive when you realize that they'
by bena 8y ago
To speak to your two examples I will say that with pro wrestling, it's still physically demanding and impressive. More so impressive when you realize that they're doing everything to not seriously injure each other. If you see it less as an athletic competition and more like a stuntman exhibition, it becomes "enchanted" again. I mean, it takes skill, timing, and work to be able to jump off a turnbuckle, wrap your legs around someone'e head, spin around with them, and hit the ground without killing one or both of you.
Similar thing with magic. Knowing there are false shuffles, pockets, forces, double-lifts, etc makes it more impressive when you still can't see it happening. It's the execution that becomes impressive rather than the result.
- voidhorse 8y agoThat’s a good take on it. The demands the deceptive arts place on the performer’s intellect and agility can be more impressive than their actual effects.
- nestorD 8y agoWhich gets us to this very good article in the Journal of performance magic (an academic journal published by the university of Huddersfield that offers some really good reflections on the subject) : http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34495/ http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34495/
- watwut 8y agoI think it also have a cross with something like theater - you know it is fake, but you watch it for fun and story and characters.