Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
This may be apostasy or just dumb politics but a recent in-house poll of the Inside Magic staff reveals we’re over Criss Angel.
This regretful admission comes on news of Criss Angel’s purchase of a $25,000,000.00 home and plans for the next Mindfreak season.
Could we be vaguer in our description?
Is “vaguer” a word?
At one time, we thought Criss Angel was doing great things for Magic and while we were not big fans of hanging by meat hooks as performance art, we respected his willingness to try new directions.
We were psyched he hired so many talented magicians as he readied his Mindfreak show. Johnny Thompson, Banachek, Steve Daly, Milt Larsen and others. They were the real deal, folks who know our art and have experience in big theaters and small close-up venues.
Yes, Mr. Angel’s use of the camera trickery was unfortunate but to paraphrase Chinatown, “It’s Hollywood, Jake.” We pretended not to care. Still, Houdini did not use camera tricks – even when he was filming his own stunts for the Houdini Motion Picture Company. There is no evidence that Robert-Houdin used video editing either.
There could be an argument made that David Copperfield has used cameras in a less than transparent manner, but his choice of a camera’s point of view or field of vision pales in comparison to the Criss Angel method.
We refused to contemplate too deeply the serial dating of starlets and wannabes proclaiming his undying love for each publicly with the abandon we normally associate with teen crushes.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Richard Abowitz has a remarkable take on the Criss Angel – Perez Hilton skirmish in the Los Angeles Times. We use Mr. Abowitz’ column to revisit the whole frakis and consider Norm Clarke’s perspective.
Criss Angel’s $100 million magic show has been running, or according to critics, stumbling at the Luxor Hotel and Casino for the past few months.
Initial reviews were almost universally bad. Undaunted, Criss Angel and the Cirque du Soleil geniuses have worked to improve the show but according to Mr. Abowitz and Perez Hilton, the work has been in vain.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 1:06 am
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer brings news from People Magazine.
We, in turn, bring news from The Post-Intelligencer that Criss Angel is finding solace from the slings and arrows launched by theatre critics in the arms of Hugh Heffner’s former girlfriend.
None of the news has anything to do with the beautiful and talented Stephanie Courtney, currently appearing on television as the spokesperson Flo in the very creative Progressive Insurance advertisements. We love Flo and we are not alone. Check out The Strange Allure of the Progressive Insurance Chick.
The second-hand nature of this report perhaps reveals the value Inside Magic places on the story.
The critics have been harsh on Criss Angel’s Believe.
Fortunately, there seems to be an almost endless supply of potential girl friends to buoy his name in the press.
Holly Madison is dating closer to her own age bracket. People magazine reports the former girlfriend of 82-year-old Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has been the arm candy lately of Las Vegas illusionist Criss Angel, 40.
Apparently fans of magic and Playboy magazine should be happy or impressed.
Mr. Angel has been in the arms of many a woman found in the fickle focus of the popular media. The list runs from Minnie Driver, to Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, to Lindsay Lohan. Read the rest of this entry
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