> You go see a show to be entertained and surprised. Teller: What’s the end goal for any work of art? The answer is it’s not one thing. In almost every work of

> You go see a show to be entertained and surprised. Teller: What’s the end goal for any work of art? The answer is it’s not one thing. In almost every work of art there is on one level—and this is the level at which magic is, I think, the most fundamental—at which you must amaze the audience. When you’re an actor, you must, for the moment you’re there, convince the audience that you are possessed by the spirit of this character. And there is a level in which you go, “Wow, I really thought for that moment, that the character onstage was Hamlet.” That amazement is the bottom line of any work of art. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/09/penn-and-teller-fool-us-revealing-tricks https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/09/penn-and-teller-f...