9: Magic
Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
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The Dangers of Big Illusions
I don't like big illusions. I could have started a religious cult right there. So at the Edinburgh Fringe, somebody lent me a guillotine. And it's relatively safe. It's very... If you're a competent performer. Oh, God. You just set yourself off as a bad juggler. The idea of spectator comes up - they put their head into the stocks. A blade comes down from six foot, penetrates through their neck and comes at the bottom. Spectator does something which is specter never done before with that trick. They are about to lose eight fingers. Thank goodness stage manager sees what's happening. She shouts out, stop. Then we'll
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