tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post982141900431499711..comments2023-10-21T01:39:23.816-07:00Comments on The Weekly Magic Failure: Hey, long time no seeRolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17576878560719571873noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-56153324131101295662014-09-12T02:08:07.089-07:002014-09-12T02:08:07.089-07:00Hmmm... I guess this is another one of those very ...Hmmm... I guess this is another one of those very rare occasions when I find myself disagreeing with you, Roland.<br /><br />I would have found it highly distasteful for a magician to use Bible-themed patter during a gig for, say, the Richard Dawkins Foundation... I would have found it equally offensive for a magician to use blasphemous patter at a gig for a religious community. <br />But here, we're dealing with a magician who's a friggin' pastor, performing for an audience of 100% Christian spectators, for Darwin's sake! What could be more natural than Christian-themed patter under such circumstances? Hell, given the context I'd expect even an atheist magician to go for Christian references!<br /><br />Let me illustrate what I mean. I support neither republicans nor democrats but if I had to perform at a convention of the former I'd probably throw in a few ad-hoc jokes such as "wow, that rope grew faster than taxes under a democrat administration!", while if performing for the latter I may go for something like "let me show you The Han-Ping-Chien coins, a trick designed to illustrate good wealth distribution according to republicans"... You get the idea.<br />When it comes to offensiveness, context is everything. Therefore, I do not see any failure here in that regard.<br /><br />That being said, I do find that (overall good) performance to show a number of shortcomings - most notably the fact that he made several of his attempted climaxes, well... quite anti-climatic, a failure that can indeed be chalked up to his eagerness to jump to his Bible-themed parallels. If that is what you meant, then I agree with you, although that isn't nearly enough to make him true WMF material in my opinion.石榮狼https://www.blogger.com/profile/04773115177273203494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-2928266856665534492014-09-01T07:07:04.514-07:002014-09-01T07:07:04.514-07:00Why I oughta...
BSWhy I oughta...<br /><br />BSBarry Solaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294179290161705322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-49671079428322754252014-08-30T14:38:17.818-07:002014-08-30T14:38:17.818-07:00If you trained Marciano then you must be nearly as...If you trained Marciano then you must be nearly as old as Harry Lorrayne.<br /><br />My money is on Mr. Jay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828896468587496323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-18827301176306227602014-08-29T07:27:01.437-07:002014-08-29T07:27:01.437-07:00Don't bait me, Bunny Boy, I trained Rocky Marc...Don't bait me, Bunny Boy, I trained Rocky Marciano. You wanna know why his nose looked that way? My left hook is why. Now scram.<br /><br />BSBarry Solaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294179290161705322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-23292431206105692252014-08-29T03:51:25.292-07:002014-08-29T03:51:25.292-07:00I did that purposely - I wanted to see which schmu...I did that purposely - I wanted to see which schmuck would bite. Not only did one bite, but took the bait hook, line, and sinker.<br /><br />If you'd have actually read Roland's post in its entirety, you would have known that it came directly from his text...I didn't need quotation marks.<br /><br />Now if you want to pull those boots out of your ass, I'll prepare for the kick.Michael Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401495757058202334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-59222160206958145872014-08-28T18:13:35.402-07:002014-08-28T18:13:35.402-07:00Then put it in quotation marks next time.
I know...Then put it in quotation marks next time. <br /><br />I know you have balls of steel, but I have diamond tipped boots. And you won't walk away from our next encounter, Mr Bunny. <br /><br />BSBarry Solaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294179290161705322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-10079564682861046452014-08-28T04:25:18.991-07:002014-08-28T04:25:18.991-07:00I was just quoting Roland from the text above...I was just quoting Roland from the text above...Michael Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401495757058202334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-7170375899268058332014-08-27T19:32:20.876-07:002014-08-27T19:32:20.876-07:00He may be good. Michael, but that was shit.
Chris...He may be good. Michael, but that was shit.<br /><br />Chris, I thank you for your prayers like I thank you for the imaginary present you got for my birthday.<br /><br />It might interest you to know that I am a deeply experienced performer of Gospel Magic. I will shortly be publishing a book on the subject. See here for more details:<br /><br />http://barry-solayme.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/gospel-train.html<br /><br />BS<br /><br />Barry Solaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294179290161705322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-28942091086812117092014-08-22T07:42:48.145-07:002014-08-22T07:42:48.145-07:00That was my favorite pom pom stick routine I'v...That was my favorite pom pom stick routine I've seen. <br /><br />I agree with you Barry, I pray you don't try to present gospel magic either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613755505614696092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-90633932598859796832014-08-22T07:15:46.512-07:002014-08-22T07:15:46.512-07:00He is actually good.He is actually good.Michael Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401495757058202334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-42817884304727265082014-08-21T21:19:13.857-07:002014-08-21T21:19:13.857-07:00You didn't see the fail? Then you didn't w...You didn't see the fail? Then you didn't watch it. Oh, yes, you said that.<br /><br />He just grafted horrific Gospel tags onto equally nasty magical effects. If you have to do Gospel Magic, and I would prefer to kill myself first, then at least write a fucking script.<br /><br />BSBarry Solaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294179290161705322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614376202473604721.post-58646532178388159572014-08-20T07:24:05.811-07:002014-08-20T07:24:05.811-07:00He is a gospel magician and is doing a gospel magi...He is a gospel magician and is doing a gospel magic presentation; I fail to see the problem. You may not agree with him but this is a thriving active subset of the magic community here in the states.<br /><br />I jumped around and didn't watch the whole thing but he is better than many of the gospel magicians I have seen. No fail at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613755505614696092noreply@blogger.com