Penn Jillette – 24 Tricks of the Trade..
By Mike Andrelczyk for Fly Magazine..
Penn & Teller have been performing magic together for nearly 40 years. You know their act – Penn does all the talking, and his partner, Teller, remains silent during the duo’s performances.
Their show is a postmodern take on magic; it’s both about how magic tricks work and a “screw-you” (Penn would use the F-word) to hack magicians who try to fool the audiences into believing in the supernatural. Penn & Teller perform their comedy and magic at the Strand-Capitol this month, so we called Penn at his Las Vegas home, nicknamed “The Slammer.”
In this interview, we made the questions disappear and let Penn do what he does best – all the talking. Here, he pulls back the curtain to reveal some of the secrets of magic and life…