Techniken der Täuschung: Eine Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Bühnenzauberkunst im späten 19. Jahrhundert | Katharina Rein Rocsana and the unexpected ability to

and the unexpected ability to find humor in it

You can stare close up into the see-through bag and find nothing

Mott-sun takes advantage of the no-gaff no-extra restrictions and turns it into a trick you can do with borrowed coins for those times when someone asks you to show something

I've seen many of these wordplay lines being 'borrowed' by other performers: occasionally with permission

Techniken der Täuschung: Eine Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Bühnenzauberkunst im späten 19. Jahrhundert | Katharina Rein Rocsana and the unexpected ability toKatharina Rein's award winning dissertation in cultural studies is dedicated to stage magic in its "Golden Age" (ca. 18601900), which was characterized by scientific and technological innovation as well as by a flourishing media culture, the upheavals of industrialization, and the experiences of globalization and colonialism. Modern stage magic doesn't claim supernatural effects; rather, it presents technically created illusions, concealing their