Don't Blink

Finally making myself sit down and watch these to clear some more room on the DVR. I'm kinda pissed that I didn't do it sooner, because I'm only to the first commercial break of the first one I taped (I missed the first two because I didn't realize I go the channel) and I really like it!

Don't Blink is not the usual magic show that follows one magician (David Blaine specials) or the same group of magicians (Close Up Kings), but instead is more of a random assortment of magicians. It reminds me of Masters of Illusion on the street. Some of the magicians I recognize, some I don't, but all of them are very good.

The magic is fast paced, with many different segments in each half hour episode. I appreciate that because I'm all for eliminating the dancing and prancing and putting more magic in. To be fair, their opening segment shows quite a bit of stage illusions done on the street so there may be more prancing in the upcoming episodes and I just haven't got to it yet. Regardless, it's a fun show but it may just be because I'm easily entertained by pretty much any magic.

I do have to say, watching shows like this makes me feel better about my sleight of hand because I can spot some of the palms and switches and stuff a mile away, but it completely flies over their spectator's heads. I think that's something important to remember: You feel like the sleight is very visible because you know you're doing something fishy, the audience doesn't suspect anything so they don't see it. You still have to be good at the sleight in the first place, but it's nice to see that the feeling of "Jesus, how can anyone not realize I have a card palmed?" really has no merit.

I feel I'm digressing too much. That's a story for a different post. Don't Blink is a fun show that's worth a watch. Thursday nights on Pop TV. Check your local listings. I should be getting paid for this shit.

- Andster