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Copperfield's pearl of wisdom

31/7/2015

 
'Resolution - the tidy ending - is the tradition in magic.... Someone disappears, he reappears. The ambiguity in contemporary film and literature has been missing from magic. It's time for magic's postmodern moment.'
David Copperfield, 2000

Though I wouldn't call his work  'post-modern' (far too indebted to West End musicals, to Disney, to clear victorious narratives and resolutions), Copperfield's comment hits home with me. It's time for magic's postmodern moment. Other than Penn and Teller, where are those postmodern magicians?

And of course: there's nothing wrong with appearance and disappearance. Case in point: Copperfield's 'After hours' remains one of my favourite magic videos. A person appears...some dancing... the person disappears.

See here:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/467845/david_copperfield_after_hours/

Yours
VG


"David Copperfield Magician Television Special 1977" by ABC Television
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