Making Magic – Illusionist Dan Sperry gives a modern edge to an age-old craft.
Nice article by Craig Mathieson in the Brisbane Times about magician Dan Sperry. Dan and other members of the Illusionists are performing in Australia and have garnered a good deal of attention from the press.
Magicians, notes Dan Sperry, are very sensitive artists. Sperry should know, as he’s the magic practitioner whose motto is, “Magic no longer sucks”. Whether as a marketing tool or a one-man-against-the-world slogan it has certainly caught on, but there are some side effects.
“Magicians take stuff very personally, comedians are incredibly thick-skinned by comparison,” admits Sperry. “Using ‘Magic no longer sucks’ still offends so many magicians – a lot of them hate on me, but it’s helped make a difference.”
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