It became a very popular trick and he took it on tour throughout the U.S. Louis, Houdini introduced his escape from a giant milk can filled with water. An onlooker wants to be entertained, to see traditional stage tricks translated to the big screen. In 1899, when Houdini decided to stop doing traditional magic and instead concentrate on escapes, his career took off. Artists have even turned simple decks of cards into stories about magicians. If presented with a particularly difficult lock, he might insist it be placed higher on his forearm, then simply slip these cuffs. A magician, like the ones on Magic for Humans, needs to find different ways to find their audience in the age of television on-demand as it diminished interest in stunts and sleight-of-hand. Houdini also used tricks that didnt involve opening locks. With Netflix, viewers are not seeing the trick done at a magicians' camp or in a club but rather filmed ahead of time, yet the viewer knows this is another trick. People have died trying to recreate the escapes and tricks of those like Harry Houdini or David Copperfield, and sometimes it's the luck of the draw that they avoid sharp nails. The joy comes from not knowing how it's done, and even if you do know the trick, some of the feats are death-defying. People can float with technology but they can't fly via sheer force of will. Stage magic, by nature, requires a suspension of disbelief the audience knows that they are viewing a magic trick.

To the onlooker, this line of inquiry seems a little silly to accuse a film magician of having done tricks to further Justin's illusion.

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