Usually when people copy an act, they tend to put there own spin on it, by adding a joke or by adding a trick. Not so out 23-year-old Andriy Chekanyuk. He just copied Piff the Magic Dragon.
Oh wait maybe I was wrong, he has guinea pig instead of a dog. But watch the video first:
How do you feel now? Is your view on the magic community shattered? This is the norm guys. Usually not that blatant, but copying is the norm. Watch young people perform. You can always tell what DVD's they own. This dickhead took it way too far.
The judge even calls him out on that. "there is a famous magician who works in the same costume with the same act but the only difference is that he has a little dog and you have a little guinea pig." (around 9.50)
At least John is aware of this and released a nice comparison video.
shameful.
ReplyDeleteReally nice looking ladies over there. Maybe I should think about getting married again. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 75? Maybe not......
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Magicians are going to havta invade Russia. This time we'll bring more food
Well at least the judge are not stupid.
ReplyDeleteIf this were to happen in the US, he'd probably get away with it because judges so dislike magic. I'm glad this judge knew what they were talking about.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I'm sorry, Piff didn't release that trick for no reason. I'd be happy if he just did the changing signed card, but copying literally every bit of that dragon act is shameful!
Man oh man he was here at IMX this week and was none too pleased. A lot of jokes flying around about it but the originator was not happy. Hopefully this has been squashed before it was too late.
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