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| My Hero: Dororthy Dietrich |
In yesterday?s Inside Magic and in the Inside Magic Daily News, I incorrectly wrote that the incredible Dorothy Dietrich performed the Bullet Catch two times. As those words were written, a chill of uncertainty ran up my spine, messed with my hair, and jumped off my head and ran towards the door.
I had the nagging thought that Ms. Dietrich ? did I tell you that she was my hero? ? performed the trick three times.
I was right only insofar as I was wrong and knew it. Huh?
Ms. Dietrich not only performed the very dangerous Bullet Catch, but she did it under ?test conditions.? Ms. Dietrich risked her life three times to perform the most dangerous effect in our business. Each time you perform the effect, you run the risk of something happening that no one expected; like killing you.
Ms. Dietrich said one of the reasons for doing the Bullet Catch was her connection and appreciation for Houdini. Historians will recall that the great magician did not perform the effect ? too dangerous.
Performance of the effect also provided the types of credentials necessary to establish Ms. Dietrich as “one of the guys, by in fact doing things even male magicians cannot or will not do.?
Ms. Dietrich?s accomplishments are legion and impressive. She was the only woman to escape 150 feet in the air ?suspended from a parachute ride with the rope set on fire.
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