Highly instructive book by a noted authority on the subject analyzes every phase of conjuring, from sleights, devices, misdirection, and controlling audience attention to incorporating patter and the effective use of assistants.
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Highly instructive book by a noted authority on the subject analyzes every phase of conjuring, from sleights, devices, misdirection, and controlling audience attention to incorporating patter and the effective use of assistants.
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Add this copy of Magic and Showmanship: a Handbook for Conjurers to cart. $2.79, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Emerald rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Dover Pubns.
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Nelms's book is not new, but its lessons should still be useful for today's performer. Some of the elementary lessons of good showmanship have yet to be absorbed by a good number of magicians. This is doubly true for many young magicians today, who look for "no skill required" tricks, and who seem to think that a magician merely "does tricks". But in fact it is dogs and hookers who do tricks; magicians perform in order to entertain. Nelms reminds his reader of the fundamentals of performance as entertainment, and how this translates into what is specifically required of magicians.
