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Tricks are only the crude residue from which the lifeblood of Magic has been drained. -S.H. Sharpe
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Dorothy Dietrich is one of very few female magicians to have performed the bullet catch and is noted for performing a straight jacket escape suspended high in the air from a burning rope.
Biography
The Columbia Encyclopedia (Columbia University Press) included Dietrich among their eight most noted magicians of the late 20th century.
In addition to escapes and large scale stunts, Dietrich has performed tricks with live animals, such as doves, rabbits, poodles and ducks. She also does an updated version of the classic Miser's Dream, plucking coins from the air, nose, ears and pockets of a youngster from the audience.
Dietrich studied under "Coney Island Fakir" Al Flosso, a regular performer on the Ed Sullivan Show; Jack London (for the bullet catch); and Lou Lancaster with the Straight Jacket escape.
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