Great entertainment!
I encourage everyone (especially Hung!) to actually watch the "magnetic man" flick. The whole thing is orchestrated to show you how he does it. There is no secret sauce, nothing is hidden, no "mystery physics" (ordinary high school physics will entirely suffice). The flick even provides a demo on how to get started on it yourself, although you're not likely to ever get good at it without some natural talent and a lot of practice.
It's aimed at three audiences:
1. the gullibillies
,
2 .the people who are sure there's some secret hidden trick
, and
3. the people who are paying attention and thinking about what they're seeing
.
The laughter
is aimed at the first two groups (although he has to keep a straight face for the camera). The audience he's really doing this for is #3, the people who will appreciate the conceptual art of what he's done and are therefore laughing along with him. A stage magician orchestrating the performance as a tutorial on how to do it, all in such a way as not to spoil the illusions maintained by the gullibillies and "there's a hidden trick" 99% of the audience. Who's ever seen a stage magician do that before? This ain't no cheap "parlor trick", it is great and truly innovative conceptual art.
Mr. Magnet Man is having a ball.
Enjoy!
And thanks again, Hung, for a flick finally worth watching.
--Dave J.
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It's aimed at three audiences:
1. the gullibillies
,2 .the people who are sure there's some secret hidden trick
, and3. the people who are paying attention and thinking about what they're seeing
. The laughter
is aimed at the first two groups (although he has to keep a straight face for the camera). The audience he's really doing this for is #3, the people who will appreciate the conceptual art of what he's done and are therefore laughing along with him. A stage magician orchestrating the performance as a tutorial on how to do it, all in such a way as not to spoil the illusions maintained by the gullibillies and "there's a hidden trick" 99% of the audience. Who's ever seen a stage magician do that before? This ain't no cheap "parlor trick", it is great and truly innovative conceptual art. Mr. Magnet Man is having a ball.
Enjoy!And thanks again, Hung, for a flick finally worth watching.
--Dave J.

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