Your comment doesn’t seem to relate to what I’m saying. I don’t make a value judgment about lying. I’m just saying lying implies deceit. In your hypothetical s

Your comment doesn’t seem to relate to what I’m saying. I don’t make a value judgment about lying. I’m just saying lying implies deceit. In your hypothetical scenario there is deceit, so there is the lie. I don’t think most actors or magicians are deceitful.