But maybe it can make some of you look at things more closely or from a different perspective. The piece with the letter seems to be so elaborate that if the creators just wanted the audience to tear up there sure are much simpler ways to accomplish the same thing than go into all this trouble to create an authentic moment that clearly tries to get a message across to the audience.Īnyway, the purpose of this post is not to convince anyone that they are wrong and that I am right. If you cannot tell the difference between a carefully put together act that pays close attention to every detail and symbolism that exists in its content and a charlatan promising to cure people's cancer, then I feel there is nothing more I can say to you.ĭerek's act clearly respects its audience, and although it does pull on some heart strings it does so for a higher purpose and not just for the applause or the cash or the reviews. The other thing that should be examined is intention.
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Should those pieces of art that move audiences be offered for free for some reason? create content whose purpose is to move the person who is experiencing it? I sincerely don't get some people here commenting that Derek somehow manipulated people's emotions for profit.ĭoesn't every single one of the arts including music, poetry, cinema etc. There is a line there, and although it may not be a bright white line, DelGaudio crossed it.
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When you start doing tricks with someone relationship with dying or dead relatives, you are crossing into John Edwards territory.
If there is anything cynical at work here, it is DelGaudio willingness to use chicanery to imply something intensely personal and profound is happening when, in fact, nothing is. As Bernice observed, just because you can make someone cry by hot-reading them is no reason you should. For me, that toolbox is equally troubling in the hands of a mentalist as it is in the hands of fraudster like Popoff. I got a distinctly Peter Popoff vibe from the final segment of the show.
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That said, although it is a master class in how to put story telling ahead of tricks, I had much of the same reaction as Bernice, and the suggestion that her view is cynical gets it exactly backwards. Like most of the posters here, I think this is a must-see for any magician serious about how a Magic Show can become something else entirely. I had wanted to see the show in NYC, but could not afford to go.
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