bill goodwin is releasing some
product(s) on
dan and dave's site. now this is a good thing because i have so many nice things about this gentleman. the non availability of the works of truly gifted magicians has been a point of lamentation for me. i mean
dai vernon was so good and we have so few recordings of him on video. that's really lamentable. yes he did write books and through books we can get to know his work. but so many others (read
wesley james ) can write good books who can not do half of the moves well enough. if they can't do the moves well enough but can write good books about invisible moves and beautiful moves that will steal the breath away off the laity then isn't that hipocrisy. of course magic is not only about moves and its possible to write good books about plotting and routining and theatrical aspects of magic (read
juan tamariz,
tommy wonder). however if the same men/women write good books and create bad material then i will certainly get angry. this is simply not done.
the proof of the pudding is in the eating and when it comes to magic ... specially sleight of hand then the proof of the mastery is the work of these so called experts. when it comes to the thinking behind magic then the written works are good enough for example tamariz's work. but sleight of hand means the move must look good in person and hopefully on camera. i say hopefully since not all magic can look good on camera.
anyways to come to my point i really wish that the acclaimed masters of sleight of hand put their work in video for posterity to marvel at. this will clear out so many confusions.
i can corroborate my argument with one question and if you are a true sleight of hand student you will agree with me.
don't you wish erdnase was captured on camera ?
