The magician told the child she had hurt her hand and asked the child to get a band-aid from a backpack.
Then, while putting the magic toys away, the magician accidentally broke a toy.
The surrealists took up some of the psychic work of the magicians.
It is the very simplicity of the illusory sequence, the shorthand summary that circumvents all the poor magician's toil, which makes the trick so compelling.
Western magicians were forced to respond to this new market.
His life story is well documented, not least by the magician himself.
After conducting the autobiographical questionnaire, the interviewer announced that she was a magician and asked the child to be her assistant.
The trick involves a man (magician or fakir) who throws into the air a rope which remains upright and continues to rise.
