Word: magician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magician came to camp and gave a show. He even put on a fireproof suit and ignited himself, but there was no applause. Later, when the magician was in his trailer making it with Randa, Glen stayed outside looking at maps. He found one of a place called Idaho, and some picture books about a lady named Wonder Woman who lives in a city called Metropolis that is all shiny and white and where people can fly. He asked the magician about...
...city's far, far away, over the mountains," the magician told him. "I was 15 when it was totaled. They was droppin' dead in the streets for years." "Take me to the city," Glen said. But the magician had other business, so just like Prince Valiant on a quest for the Holy Grail, Glen set out for the city...
Suddenly came the blast of a fanfare and the cry of an announcer: "It's the Jesse Birnbaum Show! Starring Jesse Birnbaum! Tonight, Jesse's guest?Amateur Magician Dick Cavett! Ladies and Gentlemen?Jesse Birnbaum!" Applause thundered. Music swelled. Performer nauseated. Assistant stage manager shoved him onstage...
...came to a psychological character study of four "complex individuals." This is very subversive. There are so many familiar patterns, so many familiar images to assure us we're in Bergman Country-all of which remain totally on the surface. The most notable of these visual references, to The Magician (The Face) and to Persona, imply that masks are now about to be pierced to reveal . . . but nothing could be farther from the truth...
...throughout the book as "The Hospital Explained" pops out of the sleeve, flashes before the audience briefly and then disappears behind the back once more. People in the medical field, or anyone who knows hospital routine, will find the trick stale and superficial-they know as much as the magician-but the marks go wild...