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#177177 - 09/25/08 04:22 PM
Tomo Maeda Interview
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Excellent interview with Tomo Maeda. I really appreciated his views about magic on TV (bottom of pg 72, top of pg. 73) Tomo: I try not to be on TV too much. I turn down 90 percent of the calls from TV stations.
Genii : Why ?
Tomo: I don't waste my performances. It's hard to explain ... in a Japanese antique market, if you see the same cup too many times, people get bored with it and it just sits on the shelf. No one buys it. If on the other hand, only a few people see the cup, then it's much more valuable. So, if I'm on TV every day, people see five tricks, five tricks, five tricks, five tricks, five tricks ...
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Tomo: It comes down to the fact that I want to control my image and my TV appearances. "Value" is more important than money. If I can control how often I appear on TV, by keeping that to a minimum, each TV appearance is worth more. Wise words I believe. I think despite the good efforts of some of the best in the business, magic on TV often results in the diminishment of magic , compared to magic seen in a live venue. It is "valued" less. I enjoyed the whole interview very much.
Edited by David Nethery (09/25/08 04:24 PM)
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#177208 - 09/26/08 03:05 AM
Re: Tomo Maeda Interview
[Re: David Nethery]
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A bit on the word "BORED" being used in the sentence :
"people get bored with it and it just"
Human beings tend to compare the present with the past knowingly or unknowingly. If they find any significant difference with respect to past then the present(what they are watching, seeing, etc) appeals to them otherwise not which we term it as "BORE".
It is important that the present must be perceived without being compared with the past. Though logical to the mind but difficult to internalise or realise it.
Edited by swamy (09/26/08 03:13 AM)
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#177276 - 09/26/08 08:18 PM
Re: Tomo Maeda Interview
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#177858 - 10/03/08 12:16 PM
Re: Tomo Maeda Interview
[Re: Richard Green]
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Isn't that called "parlor" in the older books and catalogs for a category between stage and pocket tricks?
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#177980 - 10/04/08 01:24 PM
Re: Tomo Maeda Interview
[Re: Donal Chayce]
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Registered: 01/17/08
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That's the danger of linking to third party videos. They can take the clip down anytime and you're stuck with busted links/unavailability. Linking to third party videos is Ok for a forum or a one off type of thing, but kind of dumb for a site that's supposed to be an ongoing resource.
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#177982 - 10/04/08 02:19 PM
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#177983 - 10/04/08 02:22 PM
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Is it just me, or are we starting to see a trend back to the more genteel 'salon-style' of performing? It seems that with Steve Cohen and Eric DeCamps in NY, Tomo in Japan, and John Carney in CA as examples of this type show, there appears to be a growth of the more intimate, intelligent, and gentle performances.
It was around 2000-01 when I had the original idea for my show, "Victorian Secrets" which was exactly this type of presentation: "Hofzinser for the 21st Century!" I once thought my idea was 'novel and original': glad to see I was wrong!
for example...
Edited by Magic Newswire (10/04/08 02:23 PM)
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#178540 - 10/12/08 07:06 AM
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Nope - they're gone already.
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