![]() ![]() As soon as your brain says that, you’re not going to react to it because your brain is telling you that this is clearly a set-up. But for me, I like to do things that you can’t really debate, or that your brain won’t say that it’s a special effect or an illusion. ![]() Do you feel like you have to have a combination of the two, in order to really blow people’s minds?īLAINE: I feel that way, but that’s just me, personally. The title of this special is Real or Magic. It takes a lot of turning and twisting to get there. When I’m doing things with the camera, I’m always very hyper-aware, in making a television show, to show an honest reaction. A lot of it is spontaneous, switching and moving direction to find something that you think is gonna work, in what I like to call a provocative way, where you get somebody to not be in their head. We were all a really close team on it, which felt pretty amazing.ĭo you try to get a read for people, to quickly figure out if something isn’t working right, so you can switch to another trick?īLAINE: Yeah. The crew was just five, six or seven people, at most. It was a great experience because our crew was very small, but everybody was so dedicated to it. I was showing up places and surprising people, and finding people. Also, I had try to reach out to everybody and track people down. It took me years to figure out how to do that. So, I worked really hard and started to work on the concept to show an extreme version of street magic, and show all people from all walks of life, and show the similarities and the great reactions. That was just ‘cause I wasn’t inspired, so I didn’t feel ready to do anything. How did this special come about, in this format? Is this something you’ve been working on, for a long time?īLAINE: I hadn’t done any TV shows in six or so years. My first show, Street Magic, with the girls that were in Times Square, when she started running away, I broke character, but luckily the camera got off of my face when I started laughing really hard. Sometimes I just can’t help myself and I just start laughing hysterically, but it’s few and far. There are instances that are really bizarre. Is there anyone that’s ever made you crack because of their reaction?īLAINE: Yeah, of course. It’s just something I love doing, so much. I do it every day and all the time, so I think I got over that when I was a kid, probably. Do you ever get nervous about performing for people?īLAINE: No. You have such a low-key manner about you. ![]()
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