Lamuella
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nothing in that seance program was supposed to be, was meant to be, was purported to be, a magic trick such as David Copperfield, or even Paul Daniels might perform.
You mean apart from when he said "My techniques are rooted in conjuring magic and hypnosis. All else is most likely misdirection and should be taken with a hefty pinch of salt."?
DB was supposed to be proving that seances are the result of ideomotor rather than communication with the spirit world through a medium.
The ideomotor effect was the explanation for the ouija board scenes, not for the seance.
My point is that it was all done with trickery
Yes.
scripted
No.
with the girl chosen to act the role of a medium, and the glass caused to fall over
Yes.
which was the cue to have a scream.
No.
Seriously, how hard is it to accept that people screamed because he made a scary noise in the dark after talking about ghosts and suicide?
EDIT: all the way through this episode, he continually says "these aren't stooges". On his website he says they aren't stooges. On the message before the show he says he didn't use stooges in making this show. Why would a professional magician draw your attention to the method he is using of doing his trick time and again? Wouldn't that be the polar opposite of misdirection?
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