"Excuse me, but if I don't move near the fabric screen that hides the lift 
device, my magic doesn't work.  Ah good, the lift can now engage like every 
levitation done in vaudeville routines in front of a curtain.  Please shoot 
from the front to maintain the magic vibe."


This "magician" host blurs the lines of ethics of his profession.  He is over 
the line I respect in practicers of his art, who in the tradition of Harry 
Houdini, helped people see through flim-flam, while amazing them at the same 
time with skilful acts of theatrical "magic".  Using it to promote bullshit 
seems like a violation of that tradition.  The public should be able to look to 
magicians to help us determine frauds, not to give them false credibility. 

Damn, I almost fell. When did they make soap boxes this high? 




--- In [email protected], Dick Mays <dickmays@...> wrote:
>
> My brother told me about the below three-minute excerpt from the July 
> 1st episode of The Discovery Channel's "The Supernaturalist." Enjoy.
> 
> http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/the-supernaturalist-levitation.html
>


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