Types of Magic
/Chris C. informed me of this interesting bit of taxonomy you can currently find on Google if you search for types of magic tricks. One of them is a little shocking.
That’s a little… unusual… isn’t it?
I mean… calling mentalism a “type of magic trick”? I was well-informed by the members of the “Penny for Your Thoughts” community on the Magic Café that mentalism is not magic. “Odd that you’re discussing it here on the MAGIC Café then,” I always thought.
But I get it. I don’t like to associate with magicians, either. But sometimes you just can’t deny what you are.
“We’re not magicians! We’re so different! Our thumbtips have a little tiny bit of lead on them!” That’s an awfully weak differentiation.
UPDATE
Hmm… okay. I guess I totally misunderstood why Chris sent me this image.
A lot of people seem to think mentalism isn’t the weird thing on this list. Let me relook.
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Okay. I’m not getting it.
Levitation is definitely a trick. Transformation is definitely a trick. And Sexual Penetration, when done by a magician, is almost always some kind of trick. I mean… how is a magician going to achieve sexual penetration if not through deception? God knows it won’t be via his personality.
So I see no problem with the list.
UPDATE #2
Okay, now I’m getting a bunch of people emailing saying I’ve mischaracterized a lot of magician’s sexual penetration. It’s not always based on a trick. I guess this is true. It’s a matter of definition. I don’t consider the number one form of magician’s sexual activity (sliding your dick between the mattress and the box spring and grinding away while looking at your cousin’s cheerleading photo) to be “sexual penetration.”
But yes, I guess if you include that, then not all of their Sexual Penetration is a trick.
Note: As of 11 am EST on July 10th, that’s still what you get on Google when you search for types of magic tricks. I don’t know how long it will last.