--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > [...] > > Thanks, Lawson, very interesting stuff. I learned > > something new. > > > > If you want to see what a REAL contact juggler looks like, check this > guy out. He pretty much perfected the art. He and Penn Jillette of > Penn & Teller were street magicians back when they were kids: > > http://www.michaelmoschen.com/press.html
Aah, all his videos are Macromedia Flash, which I haven't installed. Later, maybe. > If you want the background to the parody video, here's the original > webiste: > > http://www.jasongarfield.com/pennradio.html > > Personally, I think he's a bit harsh in his evaluation of Chris > Bliss, but given the difference between 5-ball juggling, and 3-ball > juggling, I can understand the frustration with everyone oohing > over the three-ball routine and ignoring the top jugglers who have > spent decades working on the craft. He's quite the crusader, isn't he? I have the sense that he may be missing what it is about juggling that thrills the audience. It's that you can't believe what you're seeing. The thing is, there aren't any *gradations* beyond that. It's either, Oh, I could do that if I worked at it, or, Oh, my God, that's *impossible*, *nobody* can do what he's doing! And once you get beyond the "I could do that" level to the "Nobody can do that" level, the layperson isn't going to be any more impressed by the world's best juggler than by Chris Bliss. That's as impressed as s/he can *get*. If Chris Bliss were swaggering around claiming to be the world's best juggler, that would warrant Garfield's scorn, but if he isn't, tough beans. World-class jugglers need to realize they're only working to impress other jugglers. It's just the nature of the beast. Or so it seems to me. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
