Personally I love seeing any magic show, I’ll watch good ones, I’ll watch bad ones, however the ones I like the least are ones that are mediocre. Usually a bad show has some sort of merit to it, like someone is trying something new or they are new to performing. Watching a good show inspires me, but a show that’s just OK is well, just OK.
These mediocre shows are the ones where the person put the least amount of effort into their show. They bought a trick and do it per the instructions. It’s a trick where they as a performer don’t have to think. I’m not talking about thinking in performance, but thinking in preparation to performance.
They put no thought into the props, the script, the whatever. They simply bought a show, and that’s it. Recently I saw a show like this it feels like a waste time for the audience. Whether or not the audience knows it, the performer is not creating art. It’s like seeing a painting and hearing the artist talk about it, or having someone print out a picture and hearing someone unconnected talk about it. Personally, I’d rather hear from the artist.
A Bit of Effort…
Personally I love seeing any magic show, I’ll watch good ones, I’ll watch bad ones, however the ones I like the least are ones that are mediocre. Usually a bad show has some sort of merit to it, like someone is trying something new or they are new to performing. Watching a good show inspires … Continue reading “A Bit of Effort…”