Originally posted by BlackGuardXIII
I never saw that, and I doubt it very much. If you were to go and watch a levitation live in person close up, you may rethink your theory. Your talking like you are sure of this rig. Did you see it? It looked like there was air alone under him, and the cameras did do 360s. Where was this hook thing? Did you see any of it, or are you just making a wild guess? You can watch dozens of levitations on tv and rationalize it away.... without any proof to support your guesses. But in person its different. To me anyway.
blackguard , i do not think you are stupid
but you have failed to fully unvestigate the claims made , and allowed yourelf to be decieved by mr angel`s misdirections and camera edits .
to address the " levitation in the park " stunt
please re run it -- and note how his shirt tails hand down -- to withing milimeters of the floor
also on the subject of his shirt -- note how when he stands up again -- the shirt tail sticks out from his back " defying gravity "
they use a well positioned accomplise to stand between angel and the camera -- but you can just see it ovee the accomplices shoulder .
my last observation on shirt tails -- in the other park sketch where he " leviates " a female accomplice -- note that her ampole shirt tails also hang down almost to the ground
co incidence ?? no
anyway enough of shirts
as for means of support -- did you not notice that angel did not even use the old trick of passing a hoop along his body to " proove " that there were no supportying wires / braces ??
did you not wonder why -- it is a stage magician " staple "
as for 360 degree shots -- please look again closer -- you never actually see a 360 shot -- or even a nything that comes close .
there are people in the way -- they are strategicly placed .
also -- when you think you are looking at the ground -- you are only seeing an oblique view - from begind -- with those dammed shirt tails onscuring a clear view
also -- [ and finally ] in the skrtch with the woman -- watch carefully when he makes a play of passing a wooden walking stick under her nody
it is not passes from one side to the other in one fluid motion -- a sure sign of trickery
hope these observations help
angel is a stage magician , a skilled athlete and talented actor -- nothing more -- his " stunts " are all dont in carefully coreographed -- and controlled conditions , and rely on doctored props -- accopmlices from the " audience " and camer aedits .
the only thing that impresses me about angel is his ability to do card tricks and other presitdigitations right infront of a mark -
but thats just skil and practice -- no magic
i know his [ and all others ] card tricks are just trickery -- but when i am the victim -- i have never been able to spot the trick correctly , even when i know the basics of how it is done .
the " bigger " his stunts become -- the more obvious to me they are
