DelGaudio: Magic relies on audience verifying real-time circumstances
Derek DelGaudio · How to optimize your life experience (with The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba) | Masters of Scale · Dec 11, 2023 · at 1:40
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Illusionist Derek DelGaudio explains the psychological mechanics of astonishment and live performance.
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“Magic works because you know that it's happening in real time, right in front of you, and the more that you can verify those circumstances, that this is actually happening right here and now, the more effective that moment of astonishment is.”
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