4 days ago by leodini

In August last year, I directed Kent Estrada’s The Illusionist show, which staged at Teatrino Theater in upscale Greenhills. The show was so successful that Kent now tours the show in the provinces, starting in Davao City, in time for the Valentine season. I will again direct the show. Except for on ...

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10 days ago by leodini

Apart from educating myself in the art of magic, I have been studying the English language for most of my life. Still, I can’t claim I have achieved thoroughness in my knowledge of the language. On the contrary, some English terms used by English-speaking magicians confound me. Allow me to share wit ...

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11 days ago by leodini

Okay, your drawer overflows with magic props you do not use or can’t use. For some reasons, you can’t find a good presentation for them, or the tricks they do seem lame. You are not confident they can entertain audiences. And so you store them in a cabinet, promising yourself to use them in your sho ...

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25 days ago by leodini

When a birthday girl’s Mom writes glowingly about my show, I always get a narcotic-like high reading it over and over. In every performance, I always gun for applause and laughter on top of enthralling the audience with astounding magic. So when the audience claps or laughs or oohs and aahs, those r ...

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26 days ago by leodini

People in the Philippines, including magicians, are astir because of the political entertainment now running indefinitely at the Senate. It is called the Impeachment of Chief Justice Corona. As a result, many Filipinos will wise up in the ways of litigation and pick up a few legal terms to grow thei ...

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36 days ago by leodini

Next to magic, I like playing pranks. I love the sweet taste of triumph of well-laid plans and the hilarity of watching innocent victims, usually friends or relatives, recoil from practical jokes. The reason I like pranks and magic might be that they both employ the same principles to achieve almost ...

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39 days ago by leodini

Lately, I’ve found ambient stimuli easily distract me. I have this sneaking suspicion that my inability to sustain focus has something to do with growing old, a prospect I don’t care about. I’d rather grow tomatoes in the garden than grow old, but, hey, it’s 2012. Another year has passed. There’s si ...

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59 days ago by leodini

Not long ago, I said a great truth. It reverberated throughout the magic world. Let me say it again now, because, unlike Leodini, great truths don’t lie. The great truth is this: magicians appreciate magic differently from lay people. Magicians love clever props, subterfuges, and difficult sleights. ...

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62 days ago by leodini

I wake up this morning and realize something dreadful. I have impaired my sense of wonder. I know many magicians in the Philippines suffer from the same impairment. The difference is that many are not aware of their condition. A few others don’t miss the beautiful feeling of being mystified. I miss ...

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67 days ago by leodini

Yes, the card trick I’m about to show you is amazing. No, it’s not done by smoke, mirrors, trap doors, escaping gasses. Yes, it’s a math trick. And no, in its present form, it is not entertaining. The truth is that it is so boring you will entertain thoughts of suicide while watching it. Card tricks ...

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